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More changes needed to unlock private sector's potential, report says
EconomyFeaturesdominated by small firms, rather than larger, productive companies serving international markets... added affected micro firms (less than ten employees) the most but also impacted small businesses... at around 80 percent of the nominal value in 2008.” While this has led to large firms’ (more than 250
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Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
PoliticsGreek Politicschange in legislation comes as a result of Athens reportedly agreeing to adopt more than 75 percent... of the 300 seats in Greek Parliament so this is threatening to grow into a general storm rather than... of six Golden Dawn MPs means that a maximum of 148, rather than 151 votes, would be needed to pass
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What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
PoliticsGreek Politicscomments from the SYRIZA camp had suggested that the party would need to gain more than the combined... because Elia is not expected to gain more than 6 or 7 percent. However, there will be at least three other... vote rather than the first. In the last local elections of 2010, voter participation stood at almost
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Newsletter 28 - 29/05/2015
of the more than 90 billion euros in deposit outflows before June 2012 were sent offshore, while... the second had an even lower outcome, with less than 150 million euros of deposits returning to Greek banks, generating less than 10 million in revenues for the authorities. Economic sentiment falls Greece’s
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Greek talks go down to the wire as IMF raises major objections
PoliticsGreek Politics, which reportedly believes the heavy reliance on tax rises for a fiscal adjustment of more than 7... to 23 percent. The Fund also wants 400 million euros of spending cuts rather than the 200 million... deadline is reached), then Tsipras will have to submit the draft legislation by no later than Sunday
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
, with less than three weeks left in which the various sides should – theoretically – come to an agreement... than 12 years, since November 2003. In addition, June outflows are the third biggest since last... obligations in 2015 and 2016 to the IMF and the ECB than on the country’s overall debt-to-GDP ratio
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SYRIZA not entirely behind plans for changes to constitution, electoral system
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat internal party issues are coming to the fore again. Less than 10,000 people are estimated to have... directly by voters, rather than Parliament. The SYRIZA faction argues that this would give... system but are opposed to anything other than proportional representation, which is what SYRIZA favoured
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The whole truth and nothing but the truth
Agorarather than fantasy has understood that the case against the former head of the Hellenic Statistical... of state arrears, withholding it will end up doing more damage than good. A Greek business owner... is more than 1,000 days, which is by far the longest in the Union. The argument has been made
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsare in critical condition. These numbers, which are better than those for most western European countries..., this is likely to lead to authorities allowing people to leave their homes for a wider range of reasons than... focussing on the economic consequences of the Covid-19 crisis, rather than on public health matters
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Newsletter 318 - 26/11/2021
than 1 in 5 respondents saw a significant benefit from the government’s energy support package... has fallen to an all-time low since the party was elected to power more than two years ago... campaigns that saw a variety of Greek media outlets receive more than 40 million euros in total
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