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Newsletter 206 -17/05/2019
, catering and energy bills, as well as the payment of what has been termed a 13th pension... the end of the year. The government has moved ahead with a host of voter-friendly measures... that the economic recovery will benefit a wide range of society. “The time has come for the many,” is the party’s
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Top spots in judiciary spark new clash in build-up to snap elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsare officially called on Monday, but a row has broken out about whether the SYRIZA administration... has protection from the courts in the future. The government reversed this argument and, via spokesman... it is scared of an independent judiciary. He also claimed that the government has a constitutional right
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicshas suffered great wear-and-tear over the last 4.5 years and has been unable to keep up... is in order to deliver pre-election favours, has hampered SYRIZA’s effort to mount a comeback after..., the opposition party has probably promised more in the form of tax cuts than the government, plus
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Mitsotakis vows to push on with tax cuts despite fiscal concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has brushed off concerns that the lack of fiscal space... with some of the tax cuts he has promised. In an interview with Open TV on Thursday morning... corporate tax from the current 28 percent to 20 percent. It has also pledged to implement an across
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Mitsotakis aims to pass key legislation in Sept if ND wins elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsit down to 20 percent) and the first wave of reductions to the ENFIA property tax. Mitsotakis has... directors will be overhauled. Mitsotakis has also pledged to address tertiary education, particularly the so.... The opposition leader has also stated his intent to change the electoral law to avoid the proportional
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Mitsotakis holds inaugural cabinet meeting, lines up first draft legislation
PoliticsGreek Politicswill fall on the key advisers that the New Democracy leader has chosen. There are seven appointments... appointment has a symbolic value because New Democracy views him as one of the political figures... the government’s legislative work. Gerapetris, who was previously an aide to George Papandreou, has been advising
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
evening and has to do with the structure of the state. This will be followed by the tax bill, which... to be paid by September 30 and the last one by the end of January, 2020. It has been reported that 3.4... calculations on, while factoring in the tax cuts it has promised for this year and next. The challenge
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ND riles opposition with proposed appointment at public broadcaster
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has moved ahead with the removal of the head of the Competition Commission and three board members despite protests from the opposition, which has also attacked New Democracy over its... Georgiadis confirmed on Monday that he has signed the necessary paperwork to end prematurely the tenure
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Mitsotakis takes growth message to Thessaloniki, keeps eye on bond profits
PoliticsGreek Politics) Mitsotakis has made since returning from his brief summer holiday, the Greek prime minister has stressed... of this message has been helped by the fact that some key projects, which had stalled under the previous government, now seem to be moving ahead. Eldorado Gold announced on Tuesday that it has
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Athens preparing to present budget plans to lenders after tax cut pledges
EconomyProgramme. The Finance Ministry has been working on the draft 2020 budget, which it has to submit to the European...’s tax cuts with the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target for next year, which Mitsotakis has... security contributions, which is set to begin next summer, has an estimated cost of 200 million euros
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