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Compliance report looks at programme financing, arrears clearance and 2016 performance
EconomyProgrammeclearance The compliance report also revealed that the Greek government has made good progress... collection rate. A number of one-off factors, such as low oil prices and the running down of inventories backed the recorded corporate profits, while some large one-off repayments of tax liabilities
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Government bolsters aid package as questions mount over deadly fires
PoliticsGreek Politics” includes one-off payments of 5,000 euros to families and 8,000 euros to businesses; exemption from the ENFIA property tax; a suspension of property auctions; the writing off of debts to the Public... than 1,200 homes in Mati have so far been deemed unsafe. The Greek state will initially contribute 40
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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
. Of this available funds, 3.6 billion euros will be used in the coming weeks to pay off part of Greece’s loan from... at best. “The commitment the Greek government made in the context of the ESM program and the medium-term... to previous policies on expenditure dynamics starting to pay off. Special note is also made of policy
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Looking to build on support for relief measures, ND unveils new tax bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the government during the summer left off, focussing on lowering taxes for individuals and businesses... into force after the recent one-off 120-instalment scheme, and had to first receive the approval of Greece...-off debts, such as in the case of inheritance tax, can be paid in 48, rather than 24, tranches. Non
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Opposition parties step up pressure after back-and-forth over election date
PoliticsGreek Politicscompared to 2019, this will indicate that the Greek electorate has gone off Mitsotakis...Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis may have taken the possibility of snap elections off the table... scepticism was misguided and that even SYRIZA’s own secret polling was substantially off the mark
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PM announces more voter-friendly measures ahead of polls
PoliticsGreek Politics, northern Greece, on Tuesday, Mitsotakis confirmed that there will be a one-off handout... with the 72- and 120-instalment schemes to pay off their dues to the state will be allowed to rejoin the programme. Mitsotakis said that this would apply to debtors who were pushed off track
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicson Greek politics, providing some encouraging signals for the main opposition parties, which had few...-off ballot, which was held because no candidate gained more than 43 pct in the first round..., such a cooperation is a long way off for now, although SYRIZA official Christos Spirtzis suggested on Monday
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Eurogroup sets conditions for disbursements totalling 10.3 bln to take place
EconomyProgrammeThe Eurogroup welcomed early on Wednesday the adoption by the Greek government of most of the required prior actions for the conclusion of the first programme review. A successful implementation.... The Greek Finance Ministry said that from the total disbursement amount one third (3.5 billion
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Income and living conditions survey shows persisting inequality
SocietyThe Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) 2017 Income and Living Conditions survey has shed light on the economic conditions experienced by Greeks in the reference year 2016, including material deprivation, income inequality and risk of poverty. The data released showed that material
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Travel receipts up 13.3 pct in March as tourist arrivals increase by 34.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyfigures published by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) in mid-May showed the growth rate in international tourist arrivals at the main Greek airports slowed to 6.6 percent in April... in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015. Excluding Athens, tourist arrivals at Greek airports fell by 3 percent
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