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Debt relief measures move ahead as Athens prepares to use fiscal space
EconomyProgrammeGreece has received the green light for the latest round of debt relief measures and is set to move ahead with plans to repay part of the loans it has received from the International Monetary Fund... did not meet with any opposition from other eurozone member states. The government’s plans were set
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Newsletter 204 -03/05/2019
Political battle going up a notch SYRIZA eyes positive measures as ND aims to outflank govt on tax-free threshold The political battle between SYRIZA and New Democracy is set to intensify this coming.... In the coming days, the ruling party hopes to announce a new set of so-called positive measures, while
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Athens plans to use cash buffer to create fiscal leeway for expansionary measures
EconomyProgrammefor each of the coming three years – 2020, 2021 and 2022). The idea set out by Tsipras and Tsakalotos is that, with this money for debt servicing set aside, Greece would be able to achieve primary
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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the last European Parliament elections in 2014, when it gained 9.39 percent. Two new parties set to elect 1.... Greek Solution was set up in the wake of the Macedonia name deal and appears to have absorbed many
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Tsipras tries to use Brussels warning to his political advantage
PoliticsGreek Politicsenhanced surveillance report public on Wednesday, in which the European Commission set out its concerns... will not reduce the tax-free threshold for incomes. Parliament is set to vote on the cancellation
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
was set to enter into force in January 2020. This involves not broadening the tax base as planned... less than initially planned, either by choice or because spending ceilings have been set
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Tsipras to get election campaign underway as parties target middle class voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras is set to get the election campaign officially underway on Monday afternoon, with SYRIZA and New Democracy focussing most of their efforts on attracting support from Greece’s middle... for low-income pensioners to be brought back from the start of next year. The prime minister is also set
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe 2020 budget has to be sent to the European Commission and New Democracy will set out its four... backfired on the government, which has been accused of trying to set up its political rivals for political
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Mitsotakis aims to hit ground running as polls point to clear majority on July 7
PoliticsGreek Politicstax legislation will also follow. According to the timeline set out in the piece, Mitsotakis..., aiming to change the way the government is structured, is set to be tabled the following day
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Talks to begin on plan to rescue PPC from dire financial straits
Economyin Florina from Mytilineos which was reportedly five times below the asking price which had been set... lenders noted the worrying state of the company, stressing that they had set a target
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