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Greece worst of 36 countries for patient rights in healthcare
Society, Lithuania etc, no other country has reported a more severe decrease in healthcare spend.” However...”. “Greece has markedly changed its traditional habit as [an] eager and early adopter of novel... to the branded drugs,” it said. “What has partially changed in Greece is the readiness to adopt new
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Lack of clarity across the board highlights review impasse
PoliticsGreek Politicsa speech at the LSE in London, an event that has been planned for some time. His decision to go ahead with the LSE event has not been officially explained although it could be a sign that either Athens... Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, to take the initiative. It is clear that the stalled review has
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Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
PoliticsGreek Politicshas insisted on, but the coalition has strongly argued against. Tests ahead Overall, the Eurogroup’s outcome has some elements that suggest good progress can be made in the coming days once... a final agreement, including debt relief, has been reached. Given that the debt issue
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Athens grapples with awkward reduction of tax-free threshold
EconomyProgrammeof the personal income tax base largely through a reduction in the tax-free threshold. This matter has.... The IMF has repeatedly stressed that more than half of Greek wage earners are exempt from paying..., the reduction in the tax-free threshold is one of the measures that the government has agreed
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Greece sees Turkey close to crossing 'red line' in Aegean
PoliticsForeign Policywould want to become embroiled in any dispute. Kotzias noted that the EU is the only one that has criticised Turkey’s questioning of Greek sovereignty. He added that Athens has informed NATO about... exercised by the government, especially on the media. If this is the case, Erdogan may feel has to do
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Gucci and Greece’s lost photo opportunity
EconomyFeaturesa runway event at the Parthenon. The Central Archaeological Council (KAS), which has the final say over... in exchange for a 15-minute catwalk show for 300 guests. It is not the first time that this has... a dozen movie scenes were shot there annually. That number has dropped to a handful a year
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Athens braces for return of lenders, discussion about measures
PoliticsGreek Politicshas so far refused to discuss publicly the exact reforms that the lenders are demanding, their total.... The prime minister has so far taken a central role in defending the concessions from Athens... and Athens has some positives to show. SYRIZA’s mood In the meantime, there will be a lot of pressure
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Athens prepared to legislate measures before global deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsa global deal with the institutions has been reached. Speaking during a regular press briefing... with the institutions has been reached, Athens will look to the lenders for a deal on fiscal targets... has ordered an investigation into the derivation of wealth declarations made by New Democracy leader
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Piraeus Bank appoints new CEO, ending a long period of uncertainty
EconomyBankingby the bank’s Board of Directors. The appointment has the consent of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), which is the single largest shareholder with a stake of 26.42 percent. The process has... and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a MBA from Aston University, UK. Megalou has served as CEO at Eurobank
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Tsipras invokes political solution to resolve labour reform stand-off
PoliticsGreek Politicson the first two seems possible in the days to come. Athens has more or less accepted that it will have... agreement (SLA). The issue on which there has been no progress is the liberalisation of the labour market... market and the IMF wanting to stave this change off for the time being, while insisting that Athens has
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