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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammethat put the fiscal outcome of this year at risk. The first set of measures includes: a) imposition... delayed and it is not yet known when or if the tax will be implemented. The second set of suggested...) and other – as yet unspecified - revenue measures (110 million). The last set relates to cost savings
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Main residence draft law shows signs of compromise in several areas
EconomyProgrammeproposed. This was one of a series of climbdowns that Athens had to make following its detailed... level of deposits to be set at 65,000 euros and for the immobile assets to have a maximum value of 260,000 euros. This is one of the areas where the institutions felt that the terms were far too
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomytax debt of 1 billion by the end of June. The same target of 1 billion has also been set... taxes due, underperforming the full year target set at 50 percent. On tax audits and collections... temporary audits correspond to 73.9 percent of total. The full target is set at 65 percent, implying
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash
PoliticsGreek Politics, to resign and call elections which should be monitored by international observers. The opposition.... This would give him the advantage of being able to set the agenda for the debate in Parliament, which is due to conclude with a late-night vote on Thursday. The government is in no danger of losing either
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomy, from one of 225 million euros in the draft budget. The 2015 budget does not incorporate new measures... million above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... revenue target was set at 2.47 billion without indentifying specific projects. The main projects
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis reportedly set out the case for not reducing pension... reportedly set out its position that the measure is not necessary in fiscal terms because the 3.5 percent... elections. Focussing on the period up to the end of 2022, allows Tsipras to set out a broad array
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ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
PoliticsGreek Politicsof this week, but observers also have one eye on the turmoil that could be caused by the Macedonia name issue. After Mitsotakis set out his plan for tax cuts, aimed at boosting growth and tax revenues... of the plan announced by the opposition leader. One of those concerns his plan to hand over control
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
Societyresidence. In a country which has experienced several waves of emigration over the two centuries of its... as a way of maintaining ties with the diaspora. The problem is a practical one: voting is only... remotely, either at embassies and consulates in their country of residence or by postal ballot. All
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agoraefficiently, there was a danger that it would be seen as encouraging refugees to seek out smugglers...-engineered scheme heartily, it will be a nightmare. Greece is the only one of those participating... raised serious doubts about the safety and legality of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
in the response effort acted correctly and that the loss of life was caused by the rare set..., if any evacuation was ordered, whether police may have directed cars towards danger... package of measures” includes one-off payments of 5,000 euros to families and 8,000 euros
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