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Pension bill to be unveiled as govt prepared for fifth post-MoU review
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week and even though the upcoming review is set to be less stressful than previous ones... conditions, in order to exclude strategic defaulters. The government plans to kick-start the discussion.... The government has set a goal of 2 percent, but could be content with a 1 percentage point reduction
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey pre-paid, a measure for which the government has set aside 1 billion euros as it tries to boost... in order to prevent the coronavirus spreading is costing the budget 6 billion euros a month. Spending has.... A new set of measures controlling people’s movements could be announced this weekend, according
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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agoraof Justice. Last year, however, the road to Brussels was closed once again. Now Bulgaria has set its mind.... In order to be credible, the accession process needs to have a realistic perspective, and its... on important political issues, nor is there significant lobbying in the EU for jointly set priorities
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SYRIZA sees opportunity in tepid response to govt initiatives, PM's cosseting of right wing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis set out a package of 3.5 billion euros in fiscal measures – some already in effect, but many..., aimed at winning over voters. According to reports, SYRIZA’s economic proposals are set to include... calculated that in order to keep together a broad range of political beliefs under New Democracy’s umbrella
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Mitsotakis looks to last-minute announcements to top up lean TIF offerings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto his set-piece address due to be delivered on Saturday, leaks to the media have sketched out a set... forward cuts to social security contributions. Mitsotakis is already set to announce a cut of half... in order to deliver on its promises. This message was reiterated by the PM’s spokesman, Pavlos
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Government preparing U-turn on controversial tax measure in bid to win back self-employed
PoliticsGreek Politicsset at the level of the minimum wage. The logic was laid out in an interview on Action TV by Omiros... on objective criteria was never set in stone”. The direction of travel was signalled by PM Kyriakos... stories calculated to span the duration of his second term, in order to counteract the negative
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Opposition parties jostle over criminal charges for politicians in connection to Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politics. Parliament is set to debate in the coming days over whether to indict former ministers to the courts in the latest development in the politically heated affair. On Monday, PASOK set out its proposal... a request to bypass Parliament in order to appear directly before a panel of judges over misdemeanour
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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the official government position. Gerapetritis stressed that his own policy line was set... base. The first set of polling figures after the summer recess suggest that backing..., well below the target of 30 pct set by the party after the European Parliament elections of 2024
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomymillion above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... revenue target was set at 2.47 billion without indentifying specific projects. The main projects... percent from an upward revised 0.2 percent in 2014) a double-digit growth in investments (+11.7 percent
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
highlighted the need for Greek authorities to “set the record straight and avoid misinterpretation... to the poverty threshold set in 2005. When measured that way, the deterioration of living standards... the percentages of unmet health needs more than double to 19.7 percent for the quintile with the lowest
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