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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesa higher proportion of the tax burden than in five years previously. For those earning between..., if the economy produced more than 3.5 percent primary surplus, the government can implement a number... to rely on funding from elsewhere in the budget rather than redistributing the tax burden. SYRIZA
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The benefits of being Greek
Agora, economically liberal voters have nowhere to go other than towards New Democracy. With the demise... more desirable than foreigners, or perhaps are some Europeans better than other Europeans? Are all of them better than third country nationals? Brexit may hold the answer to that question. You obviously
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agoradelivered light drizzle rather than a deluge. Also, Tsipras has had to implement the same kind of policies that scuppered his predecessors’ chances of survival. He held on longer than they did, but tax... 2015, he obtained a fresh mandate to implement the third programme, rather than the aspirational
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Parties gear up for clash over escalating migration challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Aegean crossings. More than 1,000 migrants have arrived on Lesvos, Chios and Samos this week... than its capacity. The pressing nature of the situation on Lesvos and other islands has placed... a migrant, rather than a refugee, crisis. The implication of the statement is that the majority
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Ankara tension tops govt agenda, overshadowing social dividend and primary residences
PoliticsGreek Politics, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias described as “more than provocative” Turkey’s latest moves. He also... and an annual income of less than 20,000 euros, families with one long-term unemployed member (more than 12 months) and an annual income of less than 15,000 euros, families where both parents have been
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Parties jostle over economic data, public still backs ND approach on pandemic
PoliticsGreek Politicsquarter-on-quarter. This was a much smaller contraction than the eurozone average, which was above 3 pct in both cases, and lower than many analysts had expected. This triggered some bold remarks from... for Q2, which includes the start of the peak tourism season, would be worse than in the first three
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Greek housing market at new juncture as Covid-19 shakes foundations
EconomyFeaturesin the residential sector contributed over 10 percent. Those figures shrunk to 5 percent and less than 1... of 2007, declining to 172,000 by 2013. Homes in cities lost more than 40 percent of their value over... rentals in the travel industry is very much up in the air. After Airbnb lost more than half of its value
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Extensive Covid-19 impact and slow recovery seen by most business sectors, research shows
EconomyMacroeconomyto reduce bad debts. More than 65 percent of companies have turned to support measures provided by the Greek... it less effective than working in the office. Only 5.9 percent of those surveyed believed that it was more efficient than working in person. The construction sector reported the highest level
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Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
Agorathan in 2009. The 2020 Rule of Law Index by the World Justice Project has given Bulgaria the worst.... There are more Bulgarians working abroad than in Bulgaria. Mass emigration has left key sectors barren — more than half of the doctors in Bulgaria are above 55 years old. The country has the highest death
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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
AgoraInternational, in terms of the corruption index, Croatia did worse than Rwanda in 2020. For two years... programming period of cohesion policy, so it is announced that it will get more money than other countries... that was more shocking than that was to hear Vukovar Mayor Ivan Penava – who should know best what
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