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Newsletter 230 -29/11/2019
they can be used to calculate ENFIA for 2020. The bill retains its headline tax cuts, which... can be secured, despite the deliberations between the parties over the last few weeks. The most... regarding Greece’s debt sustainability, and how this can be factored in to the discussion about lowering
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Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019
. This only became untenable after mounting criticism and pressure. Mitsotakis will hope that he can... elections in 2020. Although MPs voted recently to change the constitution so early elections can... Parliament and a second vote (under a revised version of the current enhanced proportionality that can
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A virus is spreading across China, but so is the demand for transparency
Agorasociety, affecting its slowing economy and influencing international relations can hardly..., testing kits and face masks to meet the rising demand? Furthermore, how fast can the race to identify.... Therefore, China’s ruling party can revert to acknowledging, even reluctantly, the political sensitivities
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What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
Societythe “mass exodus” of key professions can be misleading. For example, while an estimated 17,500 Greek... educational picture of the crisis-era “brain drain”. Some insight can be gained from surveys, however... solutions needed All of the above suggests that limited schemes such as ReBrain Greece can only hold
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Piecemeal process likely in drive for more fiscal space
EconomyProgramme. The government also wants the creation of a smoothing mechanism so additional surpluses can... Democracy hopes that it can convert this wiggle room into a 1.8-billion-euro relief package in 2021... billion euros, or 1 pct of GDP, and as such the primary surplus goal can drop to at least 3 pct over
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Losing game: Another doomed effort to revive Greek football?
Agorahardcore groups of fanatical supporters, loyal armies essentially, can serve political ends or at least..., turning instead to the amateur version of the sport, which is not free of problems but can at least... succumbed to its illness. *You can follow Nick on Twitter: @NickMalkoutzis Nick Malkoutzis
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Athens closes border, looks for EU support to ride out migration storm
PoliticsGreek Politicsnew asylum applications for the next month. It is not yet clear if Greece can go ahead... can probably count on voters rallying around his government for the time being, especially if events... will be hoping that he can show over the coming days that he has the EU’s political and practical support
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Amid Eurogroup stalemate, Athens focusses on extra liquidity available after ECB move
Economyloans to EU member states so that they can protect jobs and provide income support. Again... using the GGBs on their books in the interbank repos market. Now they can be used as collateral... banks can now participate in.
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Greece heads back to markets with 7-year bond in bid to boost own funds
Economyis expected to inflict on the Greek economy, it can move ahead with its debt strategy. The International... servicing. The approval of Greece’s creditors is required before these funds can be tapped. Greece... of the ceiling imposed in 2015 on Greek government bonds (GGBs) that Greek banks can have in their books
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agora. However, there remain real limitations to what Greece can achieve with its strategy and resources... is important, and we can now point to several counterexamples of poor or questionable political judgements..., public sentiment could be very different and the challenge of containment much more daunting. *You can
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