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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
AgoraWhen dozens of people burn to death a few metres from the sea, less than an hour’s drive from... perplexing. Rather than seek to reassure citizens that it was at least in control of the relief effort... managed to make a situation involving the deaths of more than 80 people even worse. It would
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
to continue without an absolute majority. The SYRIZA leader said that if he gets less than 150... designed to put pressure on Kammenos not to trigger a political crisis. There have been suggestions... than now. This is what the two men had agreed in September. He will also reportedly ask for any
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agorato an end now, having lasted longer than many observers expected, but its deep flaws were visible...-wing party surged from the fringes to gain 36.3 percent of the vote – more than Greece’s traditional... of thoroughness than serving any practical purpose. In between them, there was a small cup of coffee. That’s
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesa higher proportion of the tax burden than in five years previously. For those earning between..., if the economy produced more than 3.5 percent primary surplus, the government can implement a number... percent of taxpayers at the time the proposal was put forward, earning up to 60 percent
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agorathe very tight framework that the eurozone had put in place and the reluctance among many member states... delivered light drizzle rather than a deluge. Also, Tsipras has had to implement the same kind of policies that scuppered his predecessors’ chances of survival. He held on longer than they did, but tax
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National Bank first to test market waters in post-election afterglow
Economythan the initial guidance, after investors put in bids for more than three times that amount on sale... market last year. Still, such sales are little more than sticking plasters on the gaping wound... Zavvos is a lawyer with more than two decades of experience working for the European Commission
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
million owners of property worth less than 60,000 euros will see a 30 The Finance Ministry hopes... taxpayers, and 10 percent for the 14,706 people who own property worth more than 1 million euros..., the European Commission estimated that this year’s primary surplus would be no higher than 2.5
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
related to investment, growth and reforms rather than the touch subject of fiscal targets. In all... and operate a casino on the site. He also pledged to invest more than 1 billion euros. On the back... Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, even though Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has put
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The "great replacement" comes to Greece - how a far-right meme appeared in mainstream politics
Societyin Greece, but the closest approximations from surveys put them well below 100,000 annually. This has... to the top of the national agenda since the war in Syria propelled more than a million migrants to enter... are economic migrants rather than refugees. He went on to say that this was a problem that “threatens
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Extensive Covid-19 impact and slow recovery seen by most business sectors, research shows
EconomyMacroeconomyto reduce bad debts. More than 65 percent of companies have turned to support measures provided by the Greek state to weather the pandemic. Around 55.6 percent of companies have put their investment plans... it less effective than working in the office. Only 5.9 percent of those surveyed believed
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