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Report exposes fractured and incomplete response to refugees
Society. As the report notes, these numbers are vastly off-target regarding the 1,575 staff throughout... one midwife at the Samos reception centre and none at all at the Chios, Kos, Leros and Lesvos... one for transparency purposes. This meant that it was unable to fast-track recruitment process
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsare complaining that this year’s budget is off track, and he will have to square this with the new government’s...-on experience dealing with the banking sector of George Zavvos, one of three deputy finance ministers...’s pro-business credentials. Perhaps the most prominent role given to one of the “technocrats
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
have been incorporated into 2019 figures to cover the one-off payments related to law 4575/2018... to be paid by September 30 and the last one by the end of January, 2020. It has been reported that 3.4
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Government looks to review visit for nod on tax package
EconomyProgrammeto the government’s determination to deliver on its promises of tax relief. One of the finance ministry’s... 22 to 9 percent for incomes up to 10,000 and cutting marginal tax rates by one percentage point.... The timeline and contingencies are complicated as the government will need a sign off on its tax
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Newsletter 232 -13/12/2019
billion are already denounced. Roughly 8.9 billion euros of NPEs are past due one year. Of the NPE... near-zero yield Apartment prices up by 9.1 pct in Q3, hitting series high Greece is rounding off... instrument, attracting more than one billion euros in offers for a 375 million auction, and a yield
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Mitsotakis sets out economic goals for 2020 as govt vies for extra fiscal space
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the solidarity levy, introduced in the early stages of the Greek crisis, as one of its main fiscal goals..., are dependent on how much fiscal space is available during the year and will require a sign-off from... to be reduced from 3.5 percent of GDP by at least one percentage point. Athens has not made an official
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PM trails switch in tax cuts, admits misstep in approach to migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsrevealed that his government is considering holding off on reducing corporation tax for a second... with the way the matter is being handled by the authorities, creating one of the few pressure points on ND... president. One of the reasons that Mitsotakis chose her was to create as broad a consensus as possible
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Athens moves on after Berlin Conference absence, seeks more active role in Libya developments
PoliticsForeign Policythe participants to respect a much-violated arms embargo, to hold off on military support to the warring parties.... "No one will take the EU seriously, if despite its economic power is not able to contribute... rejected US requests to send one of its frigates to join a naval force in the region under US leadership
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Govt extends 800-euro bonus, heralds loan payment holiday for individuals as well as firms
Economy, 108,000 health and civil protection agency workers will be given a one-off Easter bonus. Staikouras also... and social security obligations for the time being. This was one of the first measures adopted
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Mitsotakis urges EU to act after European Council stalemate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe letter that the nine eurozone countries sent regarding a one-off Eurobond, arguing... taking to social media to express his reaction. The Greek premier was one of nine eurozone leaders
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