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Government turns attention to public sector in latest effort to woo voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe spotlight with anyone else, especially the media-hungry and erratic Kasselakis. For now, Kasselakis
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PM focusses on long game as opposition faces crucial period
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestment grade, we went hungry as a people,” he wrote, arguing that the return of market confidence
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From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
Agoraby Donald Trump, but one years in the making. The US President’s blunt, power‑hungry approach - using
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European Commission evaluates impact of bailout programme
EconomyProgrammeperiod is estimated to stem from pension reforms (1.9 percent of GDP) followed by VAT (1.1 percent... system as a last resort income support for the working age population. VAT The VAT reform resulted... percent for all other products and services. In addition, the VAT discounts for the Aegean islands
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Primary balance on target in Oct, revenues beat target thanks to tax and tourism VAT
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance up to October landed at a deficit of 7.2 billion euros, compared with a deficit of 9.07 billion in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Monday. The pr...
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agoraat home” message during lockdown, and its successor the “stay safe” campaign for the easing period... critical to cultivating a safe environment, post-lockdown, and ones which were already challenging... that holidaying was not only safe, but to be encouraged, along with all the associated behaviours
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
VAT on specific food products temporarily to ease the burden on consumers, who have seen... will not be pressured”, he stressed, “and I say the same to SYRIZA”.EconomyHigher VAT revenues give government... liberal economic credentials, the government is of the view that any reduction in VAT could be lost
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Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomyalso notes that VAT revenues to GDP stayed almost stable at 7.1 percent in 2012, slightly above... percent in 2012 remaining above the OECD average of 19.5 percent. Greece’s standard VAT rate of 23...) among eurozone countries. The report acknowledges that the average standard VAT rate of the 21 OECD EU
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Athens watches Turkey-Russia rapprochement with interest
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Yiannis Mouzalas asking from the Greek government (again) to declare Turkey a safe third... the UN High Commission for Refugees has declared clearly Turkey a safe third country, while the European Commission’s spokesperson Mina Andreeva recently said that “Turkey could be considered third safe
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It will happen when it happens - The vaccination entanglement in North Macedonia
Agoraapproval. In the case of Sputnik V, it was not explained what makes this vaccine safe. For comparison... that citizens may have about each of the vaccines. AstraZeneca: safe or not? The mantra that "all the vaccines we have procured are safe" has been cancelled by the decision to suspend vaccination
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