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Coalition wants next review to be swift despite labour reform complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the coming months. Alexis Tsipras’s government has a stretch of relative calm ahead of it after... that it contains have already been a subject of fevered discussion. There has been substantial... that the prime minister’s comments were also designed to coincide with a visit by the committee that has
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Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPublications and Lambrakis Press, was the first private channel to go to air in Greece in 1989. Recently it has... regularly not airing due to protests by employees. Over the last few years Mega has been a target... and increase transparency, given that Greece has never held a proper licensing procedure for broadcasters
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Greek SMEs continue to have bleak view of their future
Societypackage of recessionary measures … has intensified the abnormal heartbeat of the Greek economy... in 2016, a study by the country’s small and medium-business association has claimed. In its latest six... suggest the Greek economy has entered a period of stabilisation (a reduction in unemployment
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Countdown to start of second review begins, focus on more reforms
EconomyProgramme, the government also has to implement a number of privatisation-related prior actions. In the context... the key topic since the government has to amend the legal framework for the out-of-court workout... is hoping to include lower fiscal targets beyond 2018 and has linked the tabling of the MTFS
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Stocks up 2.1 pct in last week of 2016 as year's performance turns positive for first time since 2013
Economyvalue. It is also worth noting that the general index has tumbled 44.6 percent over the last three... posted on February 11, the Greek market has rebounded by 46 percent. Its current level stands just... of 431.40 on February 11. It has almost doubled since then, closing at 837.94 on December 30. However
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgramme, the reduction in the tax-free threshold is one of the measures that the government has agreed... of the personal income tax base largely through a reduction in the tax-free threshold. This matter has.... The IMF has repeatedly stressed that more than half of Greek wage earners are exempt from paying
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As Athens awaits news from Brussels, New Democracy mends fences
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be phased in over three years from 2020. This has not been confirmed, though. Energy Minister... at home on this particular issue. SYRIZA has five MPs from Kozani and Florina in northern Greece, where lignite is produced and PPC has units, who may object to the sale of these assets amid concerns
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China's bumpy road to Greece
EconomyFeatureshas found itself a potential ally in China. China wants to strengthen its foothold in Europe... and a year of cultural exchange has also been launched. Chinese investment One of the private.... The world’s largest coal producer, Shenhua Group has signed a renewable energy deal with Greek
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Tsipras seeks coalition makeover before review pressure ramps up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has continued his post-summer offensive with a promise to overhaul Greece’s public.... Tsipras also spoke of depoliticising the public administration, which has been a longstanding... by the third review. The government still has dozens of prior actions to tick off before the institutions
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Greece bottom of table for gender equality progress in EU
Society) has revealed that Greece has made the worst overall progress in the EU on gender equality between 2005... of women. Almost no improvement has been made in this domain over the last decade with an improvement of just one percentage point in 10 years. Greece has one of the highest gender gaps concerning housework
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