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BoG revises GDP forecast, stresses debt restructuring and reforms in monetary policy report
EconomyMacroeconomyratio. These three issues will need to be prioritised by economic policy in order to foster sustainable... of court legislation has been passed in order to facilitate coordinated action between banks and other..., especially export oriented ventures, and exploit Greece’s strategic advantages. In order to achieve
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Special tax structure would benefit hotels and jobs, bank argues
EconomyFeaturesHotels in Greece would benefit from a more favourable tax framework in order to create jobs... of the VAT increase has been absorbed by the hotels in order to remain competitive, with just a small... in Greece, which illustrates the complex tax landscape foreign investors must navigate in order
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Privatisation revenues edge upward as end-of-year deadline looms
EconomyFeaturesin order to meet its privatisation target of around 2 billion euros in revenues across the full year... lines from three to five in order to facilitate import and export activity. After the summer lull... for the sprawling public park which is due to be built on the site in order for a public consultation
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment’s willingness to implement the hard-line law and order agenda which was a mainstay of its... warrants have already been issued. Law and order agenda The police operations coincide with the formal... and order agenda. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (who is also Bakoyannis’s uncle) promised to task
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Govt’s “zero tolerance” approach to violent protest provokes accusations of authoritarianism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGovernment and opposition in Greece are once again facing off over law and order in universities... and order agenda Visible policing has been one of the hallmarks of the New Democracy government since... public order offences harsher. A key change involved easing police access to university campuses
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
Agoraand delicate approach, in order to accommodate both the stance of the majority of its members and 5 non... it was hailed as a ‘confirmation of Kosovo’s EU perspective.’ In order to streamline.... On the other hand, in order to balance the positions of both countries the EU has attempted to walk
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The unbearably slow vaccination process in Croatia
Agorarates are in Malta (12.7%) and Hungary, which was the only one to order the vaccine independently... of the Croatian Government to order most of the doses from AstraZeneca. This vaccine was given... appalled over the example of a rich man who cheated in order to get himself and his wife vaccinated
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorapartially in order to create a déjà vu effect for the public and produce a certain reaction. Thus... that the pandemic is being used to introduce "experimental measures" aimed at "enslaving people" in order... Cyrillic and Latin alphabet in order to mask the trail. However, in addition
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agorademand, and in pretty short order address the full 40 pct it has been importing from Russia, which..., in order to implement a rapid phase-out of coal-fired power generation – the so-called “de-lignitisation... that demand needs to be managed much more robustly than previously thought possible or desirable in order
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What lies at the heart of differences over Greek banks' capital needs?
EconomyFollowing a meeting last week between Bank of Greece (BoG) senior officials with the top management of the four Greek systemic banks (Alpha, Eurobank, National and Piraeus), where the central bank reportedly informed lenders that their capital needs amount to around 5 billion euros, a Financial
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