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Welcome to the club: Greece Joins the 17+1 network
Agorato join the 16+1 network and was now accepted as its seventeenth member. Thus, another country... government repeatedly argued that it now has regained “national sovereignty” and autonomy of decision... that the Tsipras government could from now on be relied upon. In practice, the new respectability
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoranow stands on the threshold of power, voted against the first programme (including current leader... career (at least for now) of its leader Panos Kammenos. Many of the 155,000 votes ANEL lost ended up... the dizziness caused by the crisis, when their political tendencies went haywire, and now making
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesthe period), and potentially households who had previously filed zero tax returns now declaring small incomes... of the population who enjoyed the trappings of a middle-class lifestyle prior to the economic crisis now have... goes well beyond the terms of the now-familiar “squeezed middle class” debate, and yet
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Greece falls to 79 out of 190 economies in ease of doing business ranking
EconomyFeaturesthat in the space of a year, the country has dropped by seven places. It is now ranked below Peru (79.... Whereas it took 15 procedures in 2006, it now takes 17, unchanged from last year. Getting a construction permit now takes 180 days compared to 245 in 2006. Getting electricity Greece ranked 40
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The dragon's head roars in Athens
Agoraagreement which the EIB has ever made available for a maritime project in Greece. With the EIB now... in a major Chinese infrastructure project in Greece the EU now has skin in the game. Meanwhile, the Chinese... plan is also significant for another reason. Its execution will now facilitate the arrival of two
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeatures, making good on some of its pre-election pledges. With details of the measures now available, we are able... to implement with major cuts elsewhere. The government has now published its costings... have also been cut by one percentage point, so that the top marginal tax rate is now 44 percent
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agorahaving learnt the hard way, the Greek public now appears more aware of how and why the country veered... willingness now than five years ago to confront the country’s problems rather than to push the blame elsewhere... prosperity free market policies can bring. As mentioned earlier, what we are witnessing now
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PM takes to stage in Davos as migration worries persist at home
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took to the international stage in Davos, the now familiar...” for migrants on the islands. He claimed that the challenge now facing New Democracy was partly caused... was facing the same accusations from New Democracy but it is clear that the tables have turned now
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Island unrest puts PM in tough spot
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor his behaviour. The government now finds itself in an extremely difficult position as its... even worse for New Democracy. It will now be very difficult for Mitsotakis’s administration... meeting on Thursday, Mitsotakis reportedly suggested that Greece now has to factor in the threat
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A sudden turnaround that could lead to sharp shock
Agoraof the collapse in the property market. Exports now have a more prominent role buy private consumption remains.... With China now having a substantially larger role in global GDP and trade than in 2009, and given... the standstill being experienced by Greece now, with the Finance Ministry estimating 900,000
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