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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesSince its launch in 2014, the Greek citizenship-by-investment scheme known as the “golden visa” has... in Greece. It can be renewed at the end of the term, and offers a path to Greek citizenship, provided... motivations for obtaining a Greek residence permit differ by country of origin. Chinese inward investment
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agora. Their academic papers on this topic have created a theory of where we often go off the rails in our.... Nearly always, this results in problems of programs going “off track.” The institutional vaccine... years in the early 2000s, coming off the dot-com collapse. Then, the 2009 baseline was lifted up
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Newsletter 421 - 19/04/2024
-nationalist Greek Solution seeks to make its mark as a rising force. New Democracy has unveiled its... voters, has included the controversial ethnic Greek-Albanian politician Fredi Beleri. The decision... was elected mayor of the ethnic Greek town of Himarra. Athens has made diplomatic attempts
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Updated Greek reform proposals see 2015 primary surplus reaching programme target 3 pct
EconomyProgramme) percent of GDP for 2015. We understand that it is the first time the new Greek government envisages... million), the conservation of the conditions for granting the Pensioners Social Solidarity Benefit (EKAS) (cost of 82 million), replacement of the one-off (lump sum) benefits formula (cost of 70
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Greek politics to dash voters hopes again
Agoraimportant. Despite the signs that the Greek economy had finally hit rock bottom and started recovering... due to a numbers of cuts and higher taxation, and exports of products are yet to take off, leaving... the conditions for that boom to materialise. Historically, Tsipras’s party takes issue
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ND hopes economy will pick up as second stage of lockdown easing begins
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe second phase of easing the lockdown restrictions was launched on Monday, with the Greek.... The line will expire at the end of 2022, but it can be called off sooner if the ESM board decides... that Greek would not ask for loans from the ESM “even if half the eurozone, including Germany” had
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
in the pricing policies of power utility PPC and a partial write-off for private debts incurred during... goods and services in the Greek economy, with the index for goods up by 5.4 pct in December and 4.8... documentation and exercises about the sustainability of Greek debt, it is assumed that Greece will deliver
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Skopje moves ahead with name deal ratification as Athens watches closely
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsfor the revision of FYROM's constitution and whether Greek objections and observations have been... regarding this reference, asking for it to be brought in line with Article 108 of the Greek Constitution which refers to the "Greek diaspora." In an interview with Alsat TV two weeks ago, Zaev
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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
Legalunder the Temporary Framework can go well beyond the tools currently available under the Greek... the national and union borders”. In support of these goals, the Greek government has introduced several... by the Greek State, include: 1. Measures for businesses The Greek government has provided suspension
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Net profit of 87 mln for NBG in Q1
EconomyBankingfor funding. Operating expenses fell 7 percent QoQ and 2.2 percent year on year (YoY) to 309 million... million in Q4, while the NPL coverage ratio slipped to 76.5 percent. The breakdown of the Greek NPL figure..., mortgages at 31 percent and corporate at 25 percent. The upward trend in the Greek NPL formation fully
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