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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agoraof 3.5 percent until 2023 is detrimental to growth and that the goal of 2.2 percent on average up... programme were for a primary surplus of 3 percent in 2015, going up to 4.5 percent of GDP in 2016... surplus up to 2023. But Greek authorities and the Commission were convinced the target was within
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Chasing investment, the Greek dream
Agoraof investment spending growth in the run up to the 2004 Olympic Games, a period that also coincided... between 30 and 45 percent in the period up to the Games in 2004. In nominal terms, spending on house... nearly a decade the construction of homes in Greece evaporated. Holding up Considering the ferocity
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Newsletter 191 -25/01/2018
issue lined up The institutions wrapped up their latest inspection of Greece’s progress... up to around 100,000 euros on mortgages secured against primary residences. A host of actions... to assure the institutions that no new handouts would be announced in the run-up to the general
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New Democracy counters SYRIZA's offensive, unveils renewal effort
PoliticsGreek Politicsas it begins to announce its list of candidates for the next elections. SYRIZA has held up the two..., which Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos argued exceeded expectations, is held up as a sign... for an armed intervention. Mitsotakis followed this up with an attack on Tsipras for comments he made
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Newsletter 198 -15/03/2019
Main homes hold up debt relief Athens still in talks over draft legislation after decision delayed... built up a cash buffer of almost 30 billion euros, the government seemed to accept that waiting... to make up just 2 billion euros, compared to 9 billion euros of non-performing mortgages
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Newsletter 204 -03/05/2019
Political battle going up a notch SYRIZA eyes positive measures as ND aims to outflank govt on tax... property tax are also being examined. Also, the government is said to be speeding up the process... in up to 120 monthly instalments. Reports on Tuesday also suggest that a preliminary form of the online
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Greek elections: Just the (decisive) details to be settled
Agorato pensioners and schemes allowing taxpayers to settle unpaid taxes and social security contributions in up... the centre-left, primarily made up of socialist PASOK and centrist To Potami, but it has failed... differences between key figures, KINAL has ended up being a repackaged PASOK. It is fighting for space in what
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Vote on tax bill due this week as ND pushes for adoption of first three draft laws
PoliticsGreek PoliticsENFIA being scrapped. New Democracy points out that some 470,000 property owners who shoulder up... owing up to one million euros. The bill also contains the measures already announced, including... an additional seventh up its sleeve. These include lowering spending expectations to a more realistic
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
that the government has tightened up the asylum procedure with the latest legislative change, is creating closed centres and will step up control of Greece’s borders by hiring 400 more guards. He also assured... seekers in Greece as it is designed to speed up the return of those not eligible for protection
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agorait had shown remarkable stoicism. Let’s be clear: The New Democracy leader passed up the opportunity... of this came just a few days later, on Saturday, when parks, squares and beaches filled up with people... and christenings, weddings and funerals rather than for public services. It is now up to the head of the Church
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