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Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicswill stand unopposed. Should Tsipras win, it will give him an even stronger mandate than SYRIZA’s better than expected result in the national elections to shape the party as he sees fit. It seems certain
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New Democracy tax pledges put spotlight on available fiscal space
EconomyProgrammewill lead to the state taking in 700 to 800 million euros less than previously expected. Another..., this is not a criticism of the government. The government is in place now for a bit more than a week only
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From a tsunami of debt to some sense of normality
Agora. This was due to the fact that the Greek state had built up a sizeable cash buffer of more than 25... during the first programme, between 2010 and 2013 Greece would have needed more than 50 billion euros
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New Democracy starts rolling out its first three bills
PoliticsGreek Politicsand placed under the leadership of general directors from within the civil service, rather than... the general directors appointed by the previous government. The general directors, rather than ministers
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New government aims for extensive changes to education system
Societyeducation system was plagued by a culture of low effort and the penalisation rather than rewarding... in which a student must finish their course. The creation of courses in languages other than Greek
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MPs to vote on changes to governing process as opposition hits out at ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Parliament will be more politically charged than last week’s vote on the tax bill, which the main opposition... the political clash is likely to be more intense than it has been since the elections in July.
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Staikouras strikes note of caution on fiscal space and tax cuts
EconomyProgrammegrowth rates than those when they came in office. On the economic front, a stable tax regime... billion euros and carries an interest of more than 5 percent. The health of the banking system
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Increase in car sales slows markedly in July
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of car sales in July. More than half of all passenger cars sold were registered in Attica... 2019, a total of 136,260 car sales were noted. Of the total, more than 79,000 were new vehicles
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Building permits increase by 7.4 pct in May
EconomyMacroeconomythe total for 2017 by 1,478 permits. However, the total for the year is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than
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Budget primary surplus reaches 1.78 bln in July, almost double target
EconomyMacroeconomyin the year to date, beating the target by more than half a billion, reaching 26.25 billion euros. Tax refunds came to 2.51 billion euros in the aggregate period, higher than their target by 253 million
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