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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek Politicssecurity system as the first rise in pensions since the crisis began a decade ago. Around 380,000... surplus targets being reduced from 2021 onwards. Kathimerini reported that Athens aims to put... forecast which put it at 2 percent, and the institutions and foreign banks which put it at 1.8-1.9
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Amid flare-up with PASOK, Tsipras makes plans to govern
PoliticsGreek Politicspart of a government put together by Greece’s king at the time, Constantine II. It was one of the key... in a no confidence vote, as the weak link in the coalition. SYRIZA believes it can capitalise on the divisions
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Differing views on refugee crisis at heart of Greek-German relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe AKP’s resounding win in Turkey’s elections on Sunday is likely to put extra pressure on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to discuss cooperation on the refugee crisis with Ankara. There were... programme. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said last Monday that there should be no link
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Tsipras visits Israel but his aims are not yet clear
PoliticsForeign Policy, therefore, is on the Greek and Israeli governments to decide how they are going to put into action... formed a basis for cooperation. The prospect of a future link with Egypt (there is also an equivalent
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Greece being boxed in by refugee crisis and security concerns
Agora, to calm those who fear that Greece is a weak link in the EU’s effort to defend itself against... of the 26-member Schengen area. The Dutch government, meanwhile, has put forward the idea of creating
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Gov't proposes easing impact of pension reforms on self-employed for three years
Economyof the pension reforms he has put forward. The Ministry proposes a discount on the initially announced... in the government’s pension plan relates to their link with the declared net income applying a rate of 20 percent
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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammethe importance and link between pension and debt sustainability. He also noted that Greece needs to take... that put the fiscal outcome of this year at risk. The first set of measures includes: a) imposition
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
days before he unveiled plans to put New Democracy through its own economic adjustment programme..., it seems that Greece and its lenders have started, even tangentially, to link the refugee crisis
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agorait could fail, leaving Greece alone and holding its head. The plan put on the table last week for any..., Greece will be singled out – not just by its EU partners, but by Turkey as well – as the weak link... raised serious doubts about the safety and legality of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey
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Government's relationship with Stournaras teeters again
PoliticsForeign Policyrepresentative at the International Monetary Fund, Panagiotis Roumeliotis. This potential link... the Sapoutzoglou and Roumeliotis nominations as well as two more put forward by the civil engineers
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