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  1. ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort

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  2. Corruption claims, foreign policy missteps impede government’s efforts to build momentum
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    relations with Libya and the submission of two note verbale by the Tripoli-based government... deems not be in line with international law. In the notes, Libya claims that Greece’s maritime agreement... spokesman Stelios Petsas. The centre-right MP called for Athens to “toughen its stance” regarding Libya

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  3. Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    involving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal

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  4. Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022

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    VAT on specific food products temporarily to ease the burden on consumers, who have seen... will not be pressured”, he stressed, “and I say the same to SYRIZA”.EconomyHigher VAT revenues give government... liberal economic credentials, the government is of the view that any reduction in VAT could be lost

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  5. Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    also notes that VAT revenues to GDP stayed almost stable at 7.1 percent in 2012, slightly above... percent in 2012 remaining above the OECD average of 19.5 percent. Greece’s standard VAT rate of 23...) among eurozone countries. The report acknowledges that the average standard VAT rate of the 21 OECD EU

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  6. Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015

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    , were indirectly highlighted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this week. In comments to the Wall... significant funding, as Tsipras indicated in his comments to the Wall Street Journal. The European Union

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  7. Refugee influx pushes Tsipras towards crisis nexus

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    . In comments to the Wall Street Journal between a multitude of appearances at the sidelines of the United... indicated in his comments to the Wall Street Journal. The European Union has also had somewhat

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  8. Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016

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    miracle worker, or “Harvard-educated free-market reformer”, as the Wall Street Journal describes him.... The Wall Street Journal writes that Mitsotakis won “respect from Greece’s creditors for his efforts

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  9. Equivocal Macedonia name referendum leaves Athens hanging on as views differ

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    settlement in the months to come or whether the process has hit a brick wall as a result of the turnout... Agreement may hit a brick wall. If Zaev somehow manages to make headway, the prospect of the pact

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  10. A closer look at 2015 revenues reveals size of hit they took
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    respectively. VAT revenues, in particular, increased by a mere 11 million to 13.63 billion euros in 2015. There is a lot of discussion about the effectiveness of the VAT reshuffling implemented in 2015, when the VAT rate on a large number of goods and services increased from 13 to 23 percent in July coupled

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