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Newsletter 54 - 04/12/2015
of concerns about its patchy approach to the refugee crisis. Tsipras has much to answer for given that he...-related measures over the last two months and has declared its intention to vote against pension... by 1 percent on the 2015 figure of 48.62 billion. The Finance Ministry has incorporated revenue
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgrammefor Greece’s programmes. Although last year’s fiscal space has been taken up by various measures... the institutions to drop the measure. So far, the lenders have appeared largely adamant that the change, bringing... suggested that Greece might be able to avoid the measure if there is enough fiscal space, as happened
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agoralabour productivity is expensive in Greece. Much has changed during and after the euro-crisis in Greece... such as vocational training, business licensing, wage policy and collective bargaining procedures. It is helpful... of the increase has been moderate. Two factors chiefly account for this difference. The government
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IMF sticks to reform, debt relief demands as programme role remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammethe compensatory measures as a way of softening the blow of the pension and tax interventions he has... director Christine Lagarde at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday has... by the Fund for some time now, demanding reforms from Greece and debt relief from its eurozone partners. “I
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agorain the future? Over the course of the past decade China has become a formidable investor... and infrastructure initiatives into the political economies of Europe has established linkages and dependencies... cities. How could they thus minimize collateral damage? Any answer to this challenge depends on two
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A European intelligence school led by Greece and Cyprus?
Agoratraining center” will be overseen by Greece and Cyprus has led to sceptical, if not amused, reactions... training school (Joint EU Intelligence School – JEIS), led by Greece with the participation... countries, on air, land and sea. It has been signed by all EU states except Denmark, Malta
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Macedonia name talks move along but key issues still to be addressed
PoliticsForeign Policythat Greece has not raised the issue of identity during the talks, which matches comments made by Nimetz... and interviews, Kotzias has insisted that the issue of identity is one of those under negotiation. Name...) is the favoured option of the five proposals made by Nimetz. Zaev has indicated that this an acceptable solution
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Speculation about snap polls after summer revived by PM's US trip
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA strong display by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Washington has revived rumours that he.... The sources claim that Mitsotakis has been advised to hold elections in late September or early... place in November. So far, Mitsotakis has publicly rejected the idea of calling snap elections. He
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Stalling vaccination campaign, protests raise concerns on health and political fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the adult population) has now been fully vaccinated, while 53.4 pct of the total population (63 pct of adults) has received at least one dose of a vaccine. The coverage by age cohort reveals stubborn gaps... in the short term, as across all age groups only an additional 1-2 pct has booked a first shot. Younger age
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Is New Democracy really trying to ease political tension?
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington on Tuesday, repeating the message he has taken.... However, in the question and answer session afterwards, Samaras courted controversy by grouping... have been accused of the type of illegal activity Golden Dawn has so the leftists believe
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