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Tsipras concerns about EU stance on refugee crisis shared by opposition
PoliticsForeign Policyit has made in meeting the requirements set out by the Commission as part of its Schengen area review... of Macedonia (FYROM) and Bulgaria in Prague on Monday. FYROM has already erected a double fence on its... Mitsotakis has begun his own campaign to ensure that excluding Greece from the Schengen Area
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EU meets on refugee crisis, bailout review but Greece's immediate fate seems sealed
PoliticsForeign Policyin the country for weeks or months. The Greek government has been preparing public opinion... through other routes, such as Albania, thereby also reducing the numbers Greece has to deal with on its... be resettled, as well as Turkey accepting migrants returned from Greece. Bailout review There has been
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Programme review talks continue, progress on tax, pensions and NPLs at a premium
EconomyProgramme, the government has proposed the introduction of an additional tax rate of 40 percent for income above... with 15-20 working years. The initial government red line of “no cuts to pensions” has been replaced... be an agreement on NPL sales. He noted that the government has proposed loans to SMEs and the self
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Greece and lenders hold inconclusive talks on tax and pensions
EconomyProgrammehas to be lowered to 7-8,000 euros, while the government has counter-proposed a lower drop to around..., an agreement on the taxation of farmers is still pending. The government has reportedly proposed two... to the initial government proposal. 3) The measures to meet the bailout target for pension cost
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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policythe diplomatic initiative earlier. Apart from FYROM’s border closure, Bulgaria has also strengthened the police and army presence on its frontiers and has sent a clear message that it will not allow a migrant “corridor” to central and northern Europe to pass through its territory. Albania, meanwhile, has
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Davutoglu departure prompts concern about Turkish unpredictability in Athens
PoliticsForeign Policythe danger of a major incident in the Aegean, arguing that Turkey has used such events during periods... conducts the so-called "exploratory" talks with Greece and has enjoyed Erdogan’s confidence for many.... Davutoglu has been a major factor in Turkey’s positive stance when the Annan Plan for Cyprus
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Disposable income drops 1.8 pct in Q1 on rise in taxes and social contributions
EconomyMacroeconomywith an increase in social contributions by 5.1 percent. Disposable income has plunged by around 13.6... of employees edged up to 14.02 billion euros in Q1. Nevertheless, it has dropped by more than 6.3 billion... 2010, consumption has plunged by 28.3 percent corresponding to around 11.4 billion in absolute terms
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Majority of Greeks now view EU in bad light, survey indicates
Societythat views the EU in a bad light rising 13 percentage points to hit 51 percent, the latest Eurobarometer has..., the gap between countries has widened even more and has reached a new record, with 85 points... this is the case compared to an EU average of 66 percent. The survey, which measures public opinion in all
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Fitch affirms Greece’s rating at ‘CCC’
Economyof the legislated measures difficult. In addition, the government has sufficient buffers, such as cash, repos...’. It is worth noting that S&P has the highest rating (B-) on Greece, three notches above that of Moody’s... and institutional framework, the progress in working through the bad loans has been relatively slow. A rating
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Opinion polls sound warning for SYRIZA ahead of party congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsto rally SYRIZA members before the congress. A simpler explanation could be that Public Issue has... that this is the highest figure Public Issue has seen during the Greek crisis and flagged this up as an important trend... of respondents in the same poll do not believe that New Democracy has more to offer than the current
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