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  1. Negotiations between Greece and lenders: state of play ahead of Eurogroup meeting
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    reforms each yielding 1 percent of GDP. The key pending issue relates to the tax-free threshold... of 8,182 euros. It is not clear at the moment whether a lower tax-free threshold would entail a change

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  2. Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016

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    . It is understood that the key pending issue relates to the tax-free threshold, with the government... the government’s final decision will be on the key issue of the tax-free threshold, with the latest

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  3. Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    feet on the night of the ballot. A late change to the tax-free threshold, which meant the government.... The amendment submitted on Saturday means that the initial tax-free threshold of 9,090 euros

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  4. Greece's public healthcare in a muddled and troubled state
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    Greece provides a universal free or low-cost public healthcare system to employees or the self-employed insured with the country’s social security system. However, plummeting government spending..., refugees and uninsured Greeks would receive free healthcare on the public healthcare system. Adding

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  5. Athens watches Turkey-Russia rapprochement with interest
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    the migration deal with the EU if Turkish citizens aren’t granted visa-free travel to the European... on the issue of visa–free travel. It is estimated that 1,000 refugees have entered Greece following

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  6. Programme talks on fiscal issues open wide range of concerns

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    that the issue of lowering the tax-free threshold to 5,000 euros (from 8,636 euros currently.... However, the Greek side has not accepted this proposal noting that the level of the tax-free threshold

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  7. Some progress in first round of talks but most second review issues remain unresolved
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    EconomyProgramme

    of the tax-free threshold to 5,000 euros (from 8,636 euros currently), as was suggested by the World Bank, to fund the GMI. The Greek side rejected this idea, stressing that the tax-free threshold was agreed

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  8. Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016

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    -free threshold and pensions to meet a fiscal target is set at 3.5 percent of GDP in 2018...-free threshold as well as pension cuts, according to two senior IMF figures. In a blogpost, the fund

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  9. IMF sets out its stall as review deliberations resume in Athens
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    is the most appropriate for Greece. They called for a sharp reduction in the tax-free threshold... percent in the eurozone. The tax-free threshold stands at 8,750 euros in Greece and is higher than

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  10. Survey highlights strain on mental health in Greece amid financial pressure
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    Society

    received it for free, compared to 2006 when half of the population was entitled to free healthcare

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