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Eurosystem funding falls by 978 mln in Nov, banknotes increase for fourth month
EconomyMacroeconomyfigure was driven by a drop of 859 million in Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) funding to 2.71...Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding declined by 978 million euros month-on-month (MoM) in November... for central bank funding comes to 12.23 billion euros compared to October’s sum of 13.20 billion
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Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey 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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Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe 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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VAT gap remains high as non-compliance overtakes revenue rise
EconomyFeaturesThe 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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Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
Societysurveyed said that they found no type of support helpful. When it comes to finding a job, the most
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VAT revenues up in 2016 but rate hikes fail to close gap of 29 pct
EconomyFeaturesThe 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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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyand the island of Crete. "We want to make an opening with Libya as a whole, so that we can finally... located in the area between Greece and Libya," Mitsotakis said in an interview with ANT-1 TV, last Monday. It appears that Athens has decided to begin surveys in response to the recent Turkish-Libya
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policyaiming to prevent any shipment of arms to Libya’s two factions. The operation will involve the deployment of warships to enforce the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. According to the EU foreign... as in Libya. Greece was not invited, again, to the Berlin process aiming for a solution for the Libyan crisis
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Athens content with Scholz's first visit, looks for US backing on Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyto be heard” government sources insisted. However, Athens was again not invited to the so-called Libya process meeting that took place last week. Libya The same issue dominated talks Mitsotakis held last week.... It should be noted that Turkey and Libya are not bordering countries and, most importantly, Egypt
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After support package, government turns attention to "everyday" issues
PoliticsGreek Politicsand support schemes for parents. The second area where the government is proposing to take more robust... would not be picking up the drinks tab.
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