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Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsbillion euros, rather than the 800 million euros SYRIZA is making available for retirees. “He is making... be an indicator of the voting trends in Greece, rather than a referendum on the government’s performance, as he... Periklis Panagopoulos. He said that government officials had to declare any gift worth more than 200
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyof the total resident population at the time. More than half were Albanian citizens (52.7 percent... of citizenships acquired by foreign nationals, granting only 1,896 citizenships, less than 0.2 per... rejection rate. One in four applications from this group were rejected in 2018, up from less than 4
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Budget primary surplus at 1.46 bln in Apr, above target by 2.13 bln
EconomyMacroeconomydue on May 27. Tax refunds came to 1.19 billion euros in the aggregate period, higher than..., above target by 1.31 billion euros, and 3.7 percent higher than for the same time last year... to 17 billion, landing 769 million lower than target. The MoF noted that expenditure was 11.3
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SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
PoliticsGreek Politics, known as the 13th pension, was released on Friday, while VAT on more than 5,000 food products... those earning less than 500 euros a month received an amount equivalent to a full monthly dose... upsets the pollsters’ forecasts and loses Sunday’s vote by a small margin (less than 4-5 points), Tsipras
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Leaders present voters with stark choices as campaign reaches climax
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the electoral register since 2015) than the opposition. SYRIZA is hoping that it will be able to match... between the two leading parties is slightly wider than the 6.7-point lead for ND published in a poll... at 3.4 points in New Democracy’s favour. This is 0.7 points less than a poll by the same company
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Newsletter 209 -07/06/2019
of the tax-free threshold is more of a spanner in the next government’s works than a voter-pleasing... a fiscal cost of more than 1 percent of GDP in 2019 and beyond. These range from tax repayments... less than initially planned, either by choice or because spending ceilings have been set
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan any of their predecessors. While the second claim may be open to debate, it is clear that SYRIZA..., the opposition party has probably promised more in the form of tax cuts than the government, plus... but the move paying off because it delivered more revenues, rather than less as the creditors had expected.
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Budget primary surplus at 918 mln in May, expenditures rise as 13th pension payment takes effect
EconomyMacroeconomy, higher than their target by 157 million euros. Compared to the same period last year, the five-month... in the aggregate period, beating their target by 2.55 billion euros, and standing 10.1 percent higher than... by 31 million euros. The corresponding expenditure stood at 279 million, higher than the target by 14
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Social impact of crisis seen easing in 2018, but 31.8 pct still at risk of poverty/exclusion
Society2010 to 2014, the rate began to decline in 2015. However, the 2018 rate is still 4.2 pps higher than... percent in 2018 is lower than the 2005 figure of 19.6 percent. Income inequality, which measures... feeling happy or calm and peaceful in the past week than feeling depressed or lonely. This survey
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 916 mln in May on higher expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomypercent). Tax refunds came to 1.75 billion euros in the aggregate period, higher than their target by 157..., beating their target by 2.55 billion euros, and standing 10.1 percent higher than for the same time last.... The corresponding expenditure stood at 279 million, higher than the target by 14 million and leading
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