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Digital investments could provide long-term GDP boost, study finds
EconomyFeaturespercent of the enterprises with ICT specialists stating that their ICT needs are mainly covered... identify obstacles to investment relatively frequently, mainly to do with taxation. Lack of availability... this, investment in the necessary infrastructure such as 5G networks is also lacking. EIB report
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Newsletter 15 - 13/02/2015
. This mainly focus on the areas of public administration reform, improving tax collection and tackling... the lowest since 2011. Greek investors (mainly banks) have to cover the entire issues, compared to less than... to be in conflict with a government that has the backing of three-quarters of Greek voters, as opinion
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorait received as collateral as being virtually risk free. To compound the problem, more money was being spent... political courage. Sadly, this has been distinctly lacking over the past three years. Too many key... domestically but has also scuppered any chances of investors thinking seriously about backing much-needed
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Newsletter 394 - 22/09/2023
in 10 appear to declare incomes below the tax-free threshold of 10,000 euros annually. During his... of the five candidates in the first round – declared on Tuesday that he would be backing the Cretan... accused Kasselakis of lacking a plan, arguing that Achstioglou has one that has “a beginning, middle
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Services help increase Greek current account surplus to 1.37 bln in June
EconomyMacroeconomy). The significant improvement mainly stems from an increase in the services’ surplus by 395 million euros, followed..., the services’ surplus surged 18.6 percent to 2.51 billion euros. This is mainly attributed to a marked... rose by 16.7 percent to 1.78 billion, mainly due to a similar increase in travel receipts, reflecting
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
of December. These mainly relate to the payment of the single property tax (ENFIA) totalling 2.65..., the highest drop for two years, after a 1.7 percent decline in June. The fall is mainly due to the imposition... to 77.2 percent since January in the number of centre-right voters backing New Democracy, while
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
to lower net transport receipts, mainly attributed to capital controls. Travel receipts fell... for the pending prior actions. These mainly relate to pension and energy market issues as well... appeared to have the government’s backing, to be changed. The Bank of Greece governor met
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A breakdown of the 5.4 bln in measures that form basis of agreement between Greece and creditors
EconomyProgrammeeuros. The key area of disagreement with institutions lies with the tax-free threshold. The government... - particularly the IMF - are insisting on a much lower tax-free ceiling of 8,182 euros, which entails... for the tax-free threshold linking it to the family status of the taxpayer. This means the amount of 9,091
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
More voter-friendly measures eyed Tsipras vows to leave tax-free threshold untouched as EC hints... European Parliament elections, pledging not to cut the tax-free threshold for incomes next year even... of the year. “The tax-free threshold will not be reduced as long as SYRIZA is the government,” he told ANT-1
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agora. While Anastasiades sought to free himself of this entanglement by suspending the UN-mediated talks... to compete with Turkey militarily but at the same time lacking the diplomatic nous to leverage its
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