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  1. Tsipras tries to entice voters with VAT cuts and pension bonuses
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    products from the top rate of VAT at 24 percent to the lower one, at 13 percent. Similarly, the VAT...-free threshold for incomes will not be reduced. When one of the journalists present at Tuesday’s press...) and the access to international bond markets. He added that if the measures he unveiled were of a one

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  2. ND defends plans for three-pillar pension system as SYRIZA looks for weak spot
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    being transferred from the Supplementary Insurance and One-Off Benefits Fund (ETEAP) between 2020... is similar to the one implemented under Chilean dictator Agustin Pinochet. Achtsioglou suggested... measures that a New Democracy government would take. One is expanding the 120-instalment scheme

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  3. Mitsotakis returns from Berlin with warm words but no encouragement on fiscal front
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    into a much softer exercise altogether, but one that the government is determined to present as the first move... appeal. One of the routes for implementing this shift will be formalising the relationship with the so.... One of the things he made clear this week is that he will not seek to be elected by the base

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  4. Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020

    Newsletters

    . The possibility of Greece joining the US F-35 fighter jet programme was set to be one of the issues... in the post-programme surveillance. Nevertheless, it was one of the few tangible developments to emerge during... with an agreed maturity of up to one year decreased by 3 bps to 0.36 percent. 2 Unemployment at 16.6 pct

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  5. Newsletter 241 - 28/02/2020

    Newsletters

    , at least one the government’s arguments hit wide of the mark. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas... on Thursday, including the first one in Athens, triggering shortages of face masks... and supplies. There has already been speculation that it could lead to millions being shaved off tourism

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  6. Athens closes border, looks for EU support to ride out migration storm
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    to fend off the migrants. The situation on the islands proved just as fraught as hundreds (almost 1,000...), which states that: “In the event of one or more Member States being confronted by an emergency... that migration is the one area where his government’s opinion poll ratings have been consistently

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  7. Amid crowding concerns, officials reject idea of return to full lockdown
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    gone from one extreme to the other”. The panel heard that the health system is now better prepared.... However, at least one editor with a history of critical coverage of New Democracy complained that his... funnelled to political allies of New Democracy. Allegations of political sleaze have been one of the most

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  8. BoG highlights how Covid-19 compounds legacy issues and structural challenges
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    Economy

    . The greatest one is posed by a second wave of the pandemic, which could lead to the adverse scenario... of their balance sheets, which in turn would delay the recovery of investment is one of them. Banks.... This is forcing banks to hold off plans for further securitisations and the BoG expects the first

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  9. PM sees 'new Greece' rising from Hellinikon rubble, pledges more aid for struggling firms

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    had been one of the flagship investment projects identified by Mitsotakis during last year’s... on the site. However, New Democracy has also encountered obstacles in getting the project off... as a publicity stunt, noting that just five of the 900 buildings are being demolished one year, rather than one

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  10. Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
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    as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along... involved in a recent protest linked to the hunger strike launched by terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas. One..., with one policeman shouting “Let’s go and kill them.” There were also reports of policemen attacking

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