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Locating Europe's pulse in the refugee crisis
Agorais experiencing. The catalyst for this quandary over the EU’s raison d’etre has been the arrival... and initiatives to care for new arrivals and, in the process, cast a much more favourable light
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Greece moves closer to troika over fiscal gap, waits for response
EconomyProgrammeIn an effort to reach a compromise with the troika, Greek authorities have a range of proposals.... Although specific numbers have not been leaked, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE... its response to the Greek proposals on Tuesday. Bridging the fiscal gap for 2015 appears
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ND targets NGOs in latest bid to bring migration under control
PoliticsGreek Politicsand parasitic way,” said Petsas. The last part of his comment reflects an often-cited claim among Greek... and squeezed what it could out of them.” On Tuesday, Petsas suggested that Greek authorities are investigating... Greek Solution, and see dissent within their own party grow.
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Travel receipts increase 16.2 pct in Feb as arrivals shoot up by 56.2 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy. The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) released earlier this month the updated figures for international tourist arrivals at the main Greek airports, which showed the strong momentum... attributed to soaring international tourist arrivals (up 56.2 percent) to 509,200. However, this strong
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Travel receipts drop at an accelerating pace of 10.4 pct in May despite growth in arrivals
EconomyMacroeconomypublished by the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) earlier this month displayed international tourist arrivals at the main Greek airports rose by 4.1 percent in June and overall by 4.9 percent... percent to 537 euros, while non-residents’ arrivals grew by 4.4 percent to 1.95 million. The breakdown
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Is VAT all you've got?
Agorathe most of the skeptical troika finally giving in on a longstanding Greek demand for VAT in the food... of a milestone in the Greek bailout program as tax hikes have been the norm and a regular source of much anger... of an attempt to fob the government off rather than a genuine concession aimed at stimulating the economy
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National Bank starts 2014 posting net profit of 181 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingNational Bank was the second Greek bank after Eurobank, which published Q1 results on May 28. Net... one-off items mainly related to deferred tax asset, the bank posted operating profit (before tax... million from loss of 7 million last year. Despite a 14 percent YoY rise in Greek net interest
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UnLuCky for some: Another painful lesson from the euro crisis
Agorarespected figure, confessed in early 2013 that the fiscal multipliers used in the design of the Greek programme were off by a wide margin. As a result, the austerity being applied was inflicting three times... depressed in a number of ways at the start of the Greek programme. Tax increases and higher
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Mentioning the war so we don't have to mention the war
Agorabeen a topic that Greek governments have returned to repeatedly since the early 1990s... or too late.” Indeed, if one avoids a kneejerk reaction to the Greek side reaffirming its claims... that Greece and others were being turned away, a reunified Germany paid off the debts that had accrued
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Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
PoliticsGreek Politicskind of deal being secured at the May 11 Eurogroup. However, the Greek government appears to be divided... will be on the European Central Bank and whether it will continue to provide Emergency Liquidity Assistance to Greek... and no hope of a deal being clinched. If the ECB turns off the tap then this will lead to capital
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