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Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicsto make. Athens will look for incentives to counter-balance the effect of a compromise that until... for Athens, which fears that he may make greater demands than the government is willing to accept, while... in Parliament. Given that things are finely balanced and the details of any final compromise package
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IMF approves programme "in principle," repeats position on debt and reforms
EconomyProgrammerestructuring in the context of addressing the issue of non-performing loans on the banks’ balance... of no more than 1 percent, due to the negative impact of population ageing. On the contentious issue...’s view Greece’s budget is more balanced in the long-run following the recent income tax and pension
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsto follow in terms of how to balance Greece’s fiscal adjustment, arguing that the current... his own particular way of expressing himself. Sometimes he may say a little more than he should... to 10,000 euros. He said that these tax adjustments have been carefully calculated and would be balanced out
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S&P upgrades Greece to 'B+' on back of Eurogroup agreement
Economyreflects the balance of risks between the positives of the improved debt profile after the extensions.... On the other hand, policy shifts that will reverse the reform process or GDP growth lower than... that the budget will be broadly balanced over the period. The agency also sees favourably the extension
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societydefining it as a public order issue, rather than a citizenship or humanitarian issue. Prior... the pressure for more refugee relocations among member-states. It remains to be seen how the balance... to take a tougher stance on migration. This seems to be balanced with a more pragmatic approach
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PBO sees encouraging signs for economic and fiscal outlook
EconomyMacroeconomythat based on the available data for the first nine months of 2019, the economy grew by more than 2 percent thanks to a solid export performance, the current account remains broadly balanced and employment... with improved collections, this has brought the situation close to a balance. The new tax debts stood at 8
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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics. Even at 2 pct, spending was much higher than the EU28 average in 2018, which stood at 1.3 pct.... This year, the Greek primary balance is expected to show a deficit of at least 5 pct of GDP because... the weekend suggested that the Finance Ministry was aiming to present a balanced draft budget for 2021
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Kasselakis looks to rehabilitate foreign policy credentials with Cyprus visit
PoliticsGreek Politicscalling for party unity, it remains to be seen what the balance of the remaining appointments... requires parties to put forward no fewer than 40 percent of candidates from each gender..... The representation is more balanced in the lists for councillors at the municipal and regional levels
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Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015
is worth less than 120,000 euros and whose annual income is close to the poverty threshold, meaning... reports claim that the quadriga’s proposal would protect less than one-fifth of indebted households... who say they backed New Democracy at the last elections than Tzitzikostas, while the younger man
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What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
Societyemigration figure of a little under 201,500 among Greek citizens, rather than the commonly cited... remain unfilled, Greece still boasts more doctors per capita than any EU country, 6.6 per 1,000... financial rather than career-related; and more people from the extremes of the socio-economic
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