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Since 2010, declared income has plummeted but tax due has risen
EconomyFeaturesover the past few years. Specifically, more than one quarter (26.3 percent) of taxpayers did not pay... accounted for more than one third (34.2 percent) of total. They also paid almost two thirds (66.1 percent) of the total tax. This corresponds to 618,173 taxpayers paying an annual tax of more than 3,000
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Macedonia and other Greek words
Agoradiplomatic challenges for more than a quarter of a century. Of course, it is not likely... in the demonstration even though its head, Archbishop Ieronymos stated less than a month ago... whipped into a frenzy by people who have no care for their concerns other than the extent to which
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A snapshot of the Greek economy
Agorathe 419 investors (over 50 percent more than those who participated in the five-year bond issue... was 22,083 or 2.36 percent more than those recorded during the previous month (935,449) and 54,229 or 6 percent more than those recording the same period last year (January 2018). Of those
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
force than some of his predecessors as prime minister, particularly SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... was hoping that it could clinch a qualified majority of more than 200 out of 300 MPs so that the new... and could need more than one coalition partner to form a government. This means there is an increased
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A sudden turnaround that could lead to sharp shock
Agoratransport take the lion’s share of services receipts, representing more than 83 pct of total... financial crisis in 2009, Greek sea transport receipts dropped by more than 30 pct year-on-year. With China now having a substantially larger role in global GDP and trade than in 2009, and given
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European Parliament vote delivers blow to PM as rise of far right, low turnout dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the vote, more than four points lower than in the 2019 EU elections. This figure is more than 11 points lower than ND won in the national elections a year ago. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis..., SYRIZA. The leftists were projected to gain 14.7 pct, which was about 9 points lower than in the last
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Brussels attacks prompt fears in Athens over handling of refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyof 4,000 staff will be needed, with the EU set to provide more than half of them. They are not expected... on Monday. Kotzias insisted in comments afterwards that the refugee issue would not create problems... of populations,” said Kotzias. “And I think that the spirit in which we dealt with the problems
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ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
Economycapital gaps privately rather than tapping the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF.... At that time, Greek banks successfully carried out capital increases of 8.3 billion euros, thereby more than... reflected in the bank share performance, which has plummeted 23 percent in the last month. More than
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How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
Agoraless than SYRIZA. Together with PASOK, Samaras’s party had a bigger share of the vote than... of a government on the run. In less than five months, the coalition has backed itself and the country... for a no-holds-barred political battle rather than paving the way for a reform-driven turnaround
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Greece holds back spending, rakes in one-off revenues for 2.1 bln primary surplus at end of April
EconomyGreece’s budget execution showed the 4-month primary surplus more than doubled year on year (YoY... budget bulletin published on Monday. The reading is 60 million euros lower than the preliminary figure... target by 2.41 billion, which is significantly better than the over-performance of 1.6 billion
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