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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politics1 billion euros a few weeks ago, partly as a result of market developments, which saw Greece... in Washington last week, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras reportedly set out what the government’s key priorities are on the economic policy front over the coming months: 1) Achieving the fiscal targets, 2
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Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015
that Greece may achieve a primary surplus of 1 percent of GDP this year if the government does... if they are on the one hand accusing it denying agreeing to the terms set out by lenders but on the other also... tobacco advertising in sport and journalists discovered that Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politics’s 158 MPs would vote, but what policy agenda the centre-right party would set out over the three-day debate. The government is set to bring three bills to Parliament by August 10, when the House... is also set to contain a provision for the scrapping of the so-called university "asylum" law, which
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Govt looks for formula to re-start tourism as calls intensify for support of entertainment sector
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe right for Greek tourism to begin to open up from July 1. Mitsotakis is being lobbied heavily..., tourism confederation SETE and its 13 member organisations set out a number of demands, ranging.... SETE is also set to submit a set of proposed hygiene protocols for the hospitality sector
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Enhanced support package on way to combat inflation, as govt awaits crucial nod from EU
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe effects of the war in Ukraine on inflation. With the cost set to balloon over the coming weeks... finances. Subsidies on energy bills are set to continue in March at the same levels as February, which.... At the same time, following the new guidance from the EU, support for industry is also set to rise in April
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Can the Green Transition be just?
Agora, and shipping (from 2024 onwards). The ETS-2 will set a price for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted... levels). As illustrated in Figure 1, the EU-27 and Greece not only did not reduce but increased...% compared to 1990. Figure 1: The evolution of road transport emissions in the EU-27 and Greece
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Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015
that an additional 1 billion euros in NPLs was created in March. If confirmed, this three billion... tier 1 (CET1) ratios stood at adequate levels at the end of 2014, ranging from 12.1 percent.... This has left the new government, which is still unable to agree on a set of reforms to unlock further
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
will leave the remaining 1 percent of GDP in measures, mostly increases to indirect taxes, to be approved... throughout that year will stem from pension reform (1 percent), personal income tax reform (1... lending fell sharply in March, with rates for amounts of over 1 million euros dropping by 90 basis
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First review completed but more prior actions lie ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammeand the independent revenue agency. Privatisations 1) Agreement with the institutions by the end of June..., the fund’s internal regulation has to be completed by the same date. 2) A second set of state... Development Plan by the end of August. Energy 1) The Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has to proceed
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
, investments came in higher on 1 percent QoQ and 7 percent YoY. On the flipside, household consumption fell 0.2 percent QoQ and 1.7 percent YoY. In the first half (H1) of the year, GDP decreased by 1 percent... that seasonally adjusted retail sales and volume rebounded month-over-month (MoM) by 1 and 0.7 percent
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