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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
of the next regional and municipal vote has not yet been set and the two choices open to the government are to hold them at the same time as the European Parliament elections in late May 2019 in order... of the wider government approach of creating a polarised atmosphere both in order to rally the party
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsscrutiny. Also, New Democracy has pushed the law and order issue up the political agenda over recent... figures from outside the two coalition parties in order to give the impression of renewal. The reshuffle... a set of fiscal expansionary measures (SYRIZA-friendly Avgi newspaper suggested on Tuesday
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Newsletter 184 -23/11/2018
surveillance. It confirmed that the pension cuts would be abandoned because it is not needed in order... loans. The OECD stressed the importance of Greece adhering to its reform measures in order to stay on track with its economic goals and forecasts. Greece seems set to beat last year’s tourism arrival
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
legislation tackling law and order issues, which will include repealing a law passed by SYRIZA... prisons. Another bill will be aimed at paring back bureaucracy in order to make Greece a more... for Parliament. Given that the centre-right party is set to double the number of MPs it elects, if opinion polls
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesDemocracy blames SYRIZA’s tax policies for “overburdening” hard-working middle-income earners in order..., in order to help the weakest and most vulnerable”. While the evidence shows that middle earners... of frustration that has already swung one set of elections and looks likely to swing the next
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Vote on tax bill due this week as ND pushes for adoption of first three draft laws
PoliticsGreek Politics60,000 euros, compared to the threshold of 100,000 euros set by the legislation voted in under... Ministry is considering tweaking the way the tax-free threshold for incomes operates in order to gain... property and tightening the limit on cash transactions in order to limit tax evasion.
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Govt looks for ways to manage promised tax cuts as Mitsotakis continues European charm offensive
PoliticsGreek Politicsby putting business first in order to boost growth and improve the chances of creating fiscal space... to 11 percent, may not be implemented until 2022. In order to fund its tax package, the government must overcome the poor expectations set by its predecessors’ pre-election spending commitments and its
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ND and SYRIZA square up as Novartis inquiry gets underway
PoliticsGreek Politicspoliticians in order to secure access and good prices for Novartis’s drugs in Greece. ND appears to believe that strong and substantiated denials from Frouzis will set the tone for the inquiry... taxation, 10 percent identified law and order issues and 8 percent investment. Just 1 percent pointed
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeatures, and have been the subject of negotiations between Athens and the European institutions in order... billion euros of additional fiscal space will need to be found in order to end both these taxes... of modest family outings, but not to buy a new TV set. However, the government will be hoping
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PPC posts net loss of 353.2 mln in 9M as energy mix charges hit
EconomyCorporatesof certain constraints imposed on PPC as a state related entity in order to be able to compete on a level... and modernization is in effect in order to have a leading role in the challenges that the energy sector is facing,” he said. “PPC is set to be a healthy entity again.” He noted that the new business plan
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