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  1. Greece relies on labour, VAT and green taxes more than any EU member
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    EconomyFeatures

    in the Greek budget. Since 2014, Greece has seen the largest increase in the share of VAT within its tax

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  2. Greece continues to edge up in "ease of doing business" rankings despite persistent problems

    Economy

    Greece has moved up several spots in the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” ranking, with improvements in several areas but serious problems persisting in a number of areas, such as the enforcement of contracts. According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 report, Greece ranks 61st in terms

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  3. Little trouble for Tsipras in multi-bill vote but bigger problems may lurk over revenues chief
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The omnibus bill containing many of the 49 prior actions the coalition has to fulfill to secure the next sub-tranche of bailout funding passed through Parliament without any major problems on Friday night. The legislation received the support of 154 MPs, just one shy of the government's majority

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  4. PMI above 50 points in Dec for first time in 16 months but underlying problems remain

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s Manufacturing PMI edged over the 50-point mark, which separates growth from contraction, and reached 50.2 in December from 48.1 in November, Markit’s survey showed on Monday. The December headline figure signaled a return to growth for the firs...

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  5. Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The Greek government found itself dealing with multiple crises of a very different nature on Friday. The first concerns the release of the November 17 urban guerrilla group’s hitman Dimitris Koufodinas from prison on a two-day furlough on Thursday. The ...

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  6. Greece drops to 72 in Doing Business index as long-term problems persist
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    EconomyFeatures

    The latest Doing Business Indicators report for 2019 by the World Bank Group has shown that Greece fell to number 72 out of 190 economies worldwide. Last year, Greece stood at 67th place. The country ranked below Vietnam (69), the Kyrgyz Republic (70) a...

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  7. Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems

    Agora

    In this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...

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  8. Podcast - Internal combustion problems leave New Democracy spluttering

    Agora

    In mid-November, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to expel from the ruling New Democracy party one of his predecessors, Antonis Samaras. Samaras headed the centre-right party for several years and was the leader of a coalition government...

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  9. Newsletter 17 - 27/02/2015

    Newsletters

    Little respite for coalition Tsipras faces political problems and financial concerns Prime Minister... debate in the House. Tsipras’s political problems are matched by financial concerns as Finance Minister... coming from ministers are compounding the problems the government faces. As the dust settles from

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  10. Brussels attacks prompt fears in Athens over handling of refugee crisis

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    on Monday. Kotzias insisted in comments afterwards that the refugee issue would not create problems... of populations,” said Kotzias. “And I think that the spirit in which we dealt with the problems then is the spirit in which Albania is confronting the current problems; problems which, based on the logic

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