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Scandals chip away at ND's lead as SYRIZA tries to cut through on surveillance issue
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has declined noticeably over the last few weeks, according to a new opinion poll, as pressure mounts on the ruling conservatives over the surveillance scandal. According to the latest MRB survey for Open TV, which was pu...
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Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders
EconomyProgrammeto fill the remaining gap, either by a cut in high main or supplementary pensions or by other measures... that put the fiscal outcome of this year at risk. The first set of measures includes: a) imposition... delayed and it is not yet known when or if the tax will be implemented. The second set of suggested
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agoraforth from SYRIZA, New Democracy and their supporters, the party’s two leaders have set out... be a shame under any circumstances, but especially as Greek leaders have started to set out plans... from 15 to 5 percent, a 30 percent cut in the ENFIA property tax over two years, reduction
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Athens and lenders continue talks on outstanding actions, aiming to conclude by March 25
EconomyProgrammethat the institutions have asked for the cut-off date to be moved back by two months, to the end... is set to agree to the threshold for the maximum deposits an applicant can have being set at 30 percent of the residual mortgage. The maximum level of the residual mortgage was set at 130,000 euros
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A campaign that leaves Greece in pain
Agorathe fact that as the ruling party it has the most prominent platform and the biggest duty to set... ended up in such a profound economic and social crisis because the rot set in over many years, well... that derailed the country. They set the bar high but have spent much of the last five years content to pass
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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSolution on 3.7 percent and MeRA25 on 3.48 percent. Far-right Golden Dawn looked set to miss out... for, the result was close to the target that would have been set by Mitsotakis. However... majority in Parliament for New Democracy, which is set to claim 158 of the 300 seats. This means
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Can the Green Transition be just?
Agora, and shipping (from 2024 onwards). The ETS-2 will set a price for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted..., at least initially, was set up to be independent of the ETS-1 with distinct carbon prices and targets. Thus, the target for reducing emissions from road transport and buildings is set at 43% in 2030
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2014 draft budget: An ambitious fiscal consolidation targeting a primary surplus of 1.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof ambitious budget consolidation with a further cut in primary expenditure by 2.77 billion year... percent of GDP). On the debt front, gg debt is set to slightly ease to 319.4 billion (174.5 percent... cut in social security and health by 2.66 billion, while salaries and pensions are expected broadly
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Supreme Court ruling casts doubt over property tax revenues
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion euros it cut from salaries in the armed forces and police. The details will only be known... to cut off taxpayers’ electricity if they did not pay. The only way of resolving this legal... in which Greek governments have taken decisions to meet the various targets they were set is being
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Greek debt: A case of learned helplessness?
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/09/29/parliamentfence_1000_myrto2909-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agora, when the program was initially set up, out of the 87 billion euros scheduled to be disbursed between... that even though Greece cut 138 billion euros of debt -106 billion through the PSI at the start of 2012... restructuring up to the last minute and in April 2011 went as far as threatening to cut off Greek banks from its
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