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Gov't offers improved terms to farmers in bid to break deadlock
Economy, Tsipras presented to farmers a set of social insurance and tax measures that aim to ease some of the burden placed on them by the original plan set out by the government. Among the new measures presented
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
the meetings, held on Monday and Thursday, the government proposed a new set of measures to farmers, aiming... addressing the huge stock of non-performing loans (NPLs). In this context, the BoG will set
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Benefits and banana skins for Greece in EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign Policyseekers will take part and there is no quota set by Brussels to keep to. This could be one... between Greece and Turkey were set to continue on Tuesday, at the High-Level Cooperation Council due
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policyof work do straight away in order to set up the process by which refugees will be registered, have..., a process will have to be set up on the islands so each new arrival can be registered and have
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Obstacles to centre-left alliance in Greek politics piling up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK leader Fofi Gennimata is set to begin touring the country to raise the profile of her party but has not given up hope of brokering an alliance with some of its rivals even though... exited its bailout, Gennimata is set to attempt to tap into domestic dissatisfaction with the Greek
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Unease mounts as Greece prepares to implement EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is set to take on Friday the next step in preparing for the implementation of the European... weeks of their arrival. A reception secretariat with 500 personnel will be set up to take care... and Piraeus camps. Nevertheless, the idea of returning migrants en masse to Turkey does not sit well
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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
Agorathe magic figure of 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus in 2018, which was set as the target... believes that the targets set by Athens are questionable because the introduction of all these new
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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax... it did not yet reach an agreement with the creditors. The government wants to set the tax-free threshold
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgrammepercent weight). The social security contribution rate for main pension is set at 20 percent, of which... Gaming Revenues (GGR) for all gambling companies is set at 35 percent. This rate was previously at 30
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Hopes of swift deal on contingent measures doused by technical, political complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsin ministry’s budgets would be enough to meet the target set for the stand-by measures. There have also been... Athens to set out exactly what interventions it plans to make (as well as developing an automatic system
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