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Coalition's ideological contrasts highlighted but Kammenos quashes rift talk
PoliticsGreek Politics-bearers at national parades based on the results of draws rather than academic achievements, Voutsis spoke of Greece having to emerge from its adjustment programmes as a modern state rather than... leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis projects a more reformist image than his predecessors, he has not sought
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Budget primary surplus at 3.05 bln in 7-month, above target on underspend
EconomyMacroeconomylower than target, coupled with a higher than expected Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance by 46... versus the target by 1.04 billion. The MoF said that the lower-than-expected expenditure stemmed mainly... off target. Overall, expenditure fell by 1.8 percent to 27.55 billion, 1.05 billion lower than
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Budget primary surplus of 4.54 bln in 9-month below target despite underspend
EconomyMacroeconomy-to-date target by 655 million euros, driven by lower than expected revenues in several categories... of this year’s ENFIA property tax being set for September rather than August as initially planned, combined.... The MoF said that the lower-than-expected expenditure stemmed mainly from reductions in earmarked
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Newsletter 139 -10/11/2017
being immediately arrested and charged (ex proprio motu) rather than for this to rely on authorities... the ENFIA property tax for anyone paying more than 500 euros a year. But this was dismissed as “populist... be taller than the Acropolis. KAS’s objection could represent an additional delay to building works
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Strike legislation, auctions present Athens with challenges in wake of SLA
EconomyProgrammeby first-degree unions, requiring them to have a quorum of more than 50 percent rather than the previous... rather than tag it onto legislation submitted by the Digital Policy Ministry, thus allowing a full.... These pieces of legislation aim to tackle most of more than 70 prior actions that remain
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ECB survey shows enduring preference for cash payments in Greece
EconomyFeaturesin cash, with 26 percent of all rent in Greece being paid by this method rather than a bank transfer or card payment. The average for the euro area was 6 percent. Greeks were also more likely than any... have been possible. Greeks were also more likely than any other nationality survyed to have received
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Entrepreneurs show lack of innovation, face many barriers to entry, study suggests
EconomyFeaturesactivity came to 3.8 percent in 2016 against 2015’s figure of 3 percent, and notably higher than... percent), while the rate of creating a business due to necessity is much higher than the average (22.8... rates. Informal investors played a role in 2.9 percent of new businesses, lower than the rate
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Budget primary surplus at 2.75 bln in Feb on increased revenues, lower expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomylast year was 34 million. Tax refunds rose to 719 million euros in the aggregate period, higher than their target by 110 million euros. The aggregate figure is higher than that for the same time last..., above target by 683 million euros, and 4 percent higher than for the same time last year. Expenditure
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Greeks show highest mistrust in newspapers, TV and online news across EU
Societyin particular had levels of trust in radio news that were lower than the EU average, and the highest..., at 44 percent for Greece and 47 percent for the EU. Conversely, Greeks had a higher than average... than the average to place responsibility with broadcasting management (30 percent) and more likely than
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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agoraenvironment it hopes to profit from in political terms lies in foreign, rather than economic, policy. Prime... this speculation are mostly linked to events unfolding outside the country’s borders rather than within.... While his comments regarding the treaty were to do with far more than the sovereignty of Aegean islands
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