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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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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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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammeof the 800-million-euro bailout sub-tranche that has been pending since the summer. The lenders had demanded... silence some doubters who suggested that it might miss the end-October target, but it still has the much.... The government has previously suggested that the excess surplus would be around 1 billion euros and would
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Athens facing final steps in third review as next milestones identified
EconomyProgrammehas begun following last week’s visit to Athens by European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre... 19 whether enough has been done to release the next bailout instalment of 5.7 billion euros... is gathering pace on the lenders’ side, where a task force has begun technical work
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Cyprus EEZ keeps Greek-Turkish relations on edge
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom the reality Turkey itself has created.” He insisted that “Greece is a country that acts soberly... in the Aegean is linked to what is currently happening in Cyprus's EEZ. They believe that Turkey has sought... Mediterranean. Another reason is that Turkey has suffered losses during its operation against
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Over one in five Greeks struggled to make ends meet in 2017
SocietyNew data from Eurostat has revealed that over one in five Greeks is classed as severely materially... is therefore the first time in seven years that the rate has gone down rather than up, but still means...). Households reporting pensions as the main source of income has risen compared to last year’s figure
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Institutions prepare for Athens return, completion of fourth review
EconomyProgrammeStability Mechanism to be activated. This point seems to be one of the biggest hurdles that has to overcome... they can be” the better. The ECB has also advocated Greece taking out a precautionary credit line.... The central banker also stressed that although progress has been made on electronic auctions
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Technical talks progress but debt relief, credit line continue to grate
EconomyProgrammeon the government. Government sources also told Avgi that Athens has received approval for its growth... of whether the Fund will take part in the programme has to be put to its board soon. Credit line... the programme ends has been revived this week partly due to an interview by the European Central Bank’s
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