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Coalition hopeful on pensions, looks to maximise impact of limited relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politics. It is noticeable that since Monday’s Eurogroup, which coincided with the tabling of the draft 2019 budget... government more than one on December 3 as the final version of the budget has to be submitted
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Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018
coincided with the government tabling the draft 2019 budget in Greek Parliament. The plan submitted... billion. Overall, the state budget primary balance declined by 912 million euros to stand
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In updated forecasts, IMF sees Greece meeting fiscal targets and debt falling
EconomyMacroeconomysees the overall budget balance in a surplus of 0.5 percent of GDP, which extends the streak.... For 2019, the Fund sees the budget in complete balance, leaving its estimates unchanged from the previous
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Primary cash surplus at 17.96 bln in Sept as expenditure for the month falls
EconomyMacroeconomyfell by 1.24 billion euros. The Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance showed a deficit of 60... to a deficit of 500 million for the same time last year. The preliminary budget execution figures
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Athens edges towards compromise on pension cuts but may have to plug fiscal gap
EconomyProgrammeBrussels on Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared optimistic that Greece’s draft budget... apparently believe that the projections in the 2019 budget leave a gap that must be plugged, either
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Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
EconomyMacroeconomythe fiscal space to forgo this measure. The 2019 budget submitted to the European Commission... optimistic that the budget would be accepted without any changes. The latest cuts aside, the country’s aging
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Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeversion of the budget to Parliament at the end of the month. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... Income. An additional 50 million has been earmarked for winter heating payments to take the total budget
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
Societythis year. The report noted that the state budget for the Ministry of Education was significantly... professionals,” the Commissioner’s report said. As budget cuts hit, schools closed and merged
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Coalition closing in on goal of cancelling pension cuts
PoliticsGreek Politics. The fiscal impact of the entire package is estimated at 766 million euros in the draft budget. Going... programme. The preliminary budget execution Jan-Oct data published on Wednesday showed that on a year
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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a vote in Parliament’s full assembly on Tuesday, a day before MPs begin to debate the 2019 budget... to the period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016 and will cost the state budget 8.8 million euros
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