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  1. CPI falls by another 2.2 pct in July as VAT rises yet to be recorded
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in the VAT rates applied as of July 20. This is because the price observations usually take place in the middle of each month. Thus, ELSTAT stresses that the implications from the VAT rate streamlining... and footwear (-3.3 percent) and education (-3.1 percent). In contrast, an increase in prices was recorded

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  2. Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Libya, which has rocked relations... to the agreement Turkey made with the Libyans. Ambassador expelled Athens has decided to expel Libya’s... Libya and Turkey. Mohamed Younis AB Menfi had 72 hours to leave the country, Greek Foreign Minister

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  3. Athens prepares for Blinken visit, hopeful of Libya shifting position
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    that will be formed following elections in Libya. This was set out in a Note Verbale that the Greek Foreign Ministry lodged to the Embassy of Libya in Athens last week, with which it refuted..., according to a report by the Libya Review, which was confirmed by Greek sources, the Tripoli Administrative

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  4. Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with Libya The Greek Foreign Minister is to travel to North Africa again at the end of the month visiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s...’s active presence in Libya. For the same reasons, they were also opposing the 2019 Turkish-Libyan

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  5. Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The two note verbale recently submitted to the United Nations by Libya underlined that relations... the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, which Greece and the EU have repeatedly declared null and void... to the diplomatic notes from Libya’s Tripoli-based government, the Greek government believes the move

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  6. VAT gap remains high as non-compliance overtakes revenue rise
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    EconomyFeatures

    The European Commission's VAT Gap report has revealed that tax revenues in Greece increased in 2017, but this did not close the gap between expected and actual VAT revenues. Instead, non-compliance with VAT grew to effectively outstrip the increase in tax revenue. The VAT gap is a measure of VAT

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  7. Who lied about Covid-19 in Serbia, and how?
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    Agora

    became significantly more important only in March 2020, when the new corona virus officially entered... dedicated exclusively to fake information concerning the corona virus. In just two months, between March and May 2020, the FN Tragač recorded about 50 fake information about the corona virus in the mass media

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  8. Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    of a moratorium to be agreed during the corona crisis but it was soon revealed that the Turkish side did... on the sidelines of NATO Summit, in London in early December. Libya concerns Athens is also closely monitoring Turkey’s efforts to enhance and stabilise its presence in Libya, supporting the UN-recognised

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  9. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    for supplementary pensions whilst is 3.3 billion. The total annual figure corresponds to 15.7 percent... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  10. VAT revenues up in 2016 but rate hikes fail to close gap of 29 pct
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    EconomyFeatures

    The European Commission's VAT Gap report has revealed that high rates of VAT in Greece appear... of the European Union countries surveyed, Greece fared among the worst in terms of its VAT shortfall, at 29.2 percent or 5.9 billion euros. The figures are based on data from 2016. The VAT gap is a measure

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