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Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsmade by both parties. One eurozone official told Reuters on Wednesday that the government has to “pay... out of cash and has more than 700 million euros to pay to the International Monetary Fund on May 12... will greatly increase. In a TV interview this week, Tsipras suggested that the vote would be a way
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Tsipras ramps up fiscal pledges as elections draw closer
PoliticsGreek Politicselections later this year. The SYRIZA leader suggested in a TV interview on Tuesday and a radio..., which will not pay out any bonus at all to pensioners. The conservatives have so far refused... have also forced the government to pay several years of backpay. Opinion poll Despite SYRIZA’s recent
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
mostly reflects lower primary expenditure by 2.1 billion, coupled with an improving revenue performance... months, mostly reflects lower-than-targeted social protection expenses as well as consumption and non... The government frames the issuing of permits as the first genuine attempt to regulate the TV broadcasting sector
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What next for Greece's revenues and spending?
Agoraa positive surprise since a number of taxpayers preferred to pay their taxes in advance to lower... in the 5-month period, which is 621 billion or 10.9 percent lower than target. Note, though, that grants... target. More than 60 percent of this under-spending relates to other expenses and the remainder to lower
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As Greek deadline looms, this is how the next days could play out
EconomyProgramme. On that date Greece has to pay 1.55 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund due to the bundling... pay the IMF, it is unclear at the moment which of them could be available on that critical date... meaning that the June 30 deadline will be missed. The Economy Minister Giorgos Stahakis told Mega TV
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Government braces for reaction to pension bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the pension system since the crisis began more than a decade ago that would lead to retirement pay rising... & Merchants (GSEVEE) complained recently that 55 percent of the self-employed would have to pay more under the new scheme, while 45 percent would pay less. The group added that the self-employed on low income
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Creditors devise proposal in Berlin, Tsipras prepares ground in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the funds needed to pay 1.6 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund this month. While talks... on to their seats if they quit their parties. On Saturday, Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis admitted
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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agora, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking a good game to get elected, he will pay only lip... as alternate interior minister and later as labour minister, from where he could draft legislation
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Newsletter 52 - 20/11/2015
SSCs, the committee proposed introducing an individual notional account, with pay-as-you-go...-building within Europe is also a problem for Greece. EU interior ministers were due to agree on Friday
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
Agoraat the hot spots. Despite its economic difficulties, Greece has also agreed to pay its share (25.1... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other... that one of the ideas mentioned during an EU interior ministers’ meeting last week was for a large refugee
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