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Continuity and priorities
Agoraand to attract foreign investment something which has been a key aim for some time but with no real results... is not yet clear. Having served at the Ministry of Defence (2014-2015), Dendias certainly has a feeling... government has so far been cautious when responding to Turkey's rhetoric and activities especially
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Mitsotakis promises 'new normality,' lines up tax cuts straight away
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set out his government’s priorities for the next four years... economic crisis behind and grab the opportunity it has to grow and improve. Mitsotakis spoke... Thessaloniki Expo would be redeveloped so it has a year-round urban as well as business use. Mitsotakis
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Athens hopes lower bond yields strengthen case for reducing fiscal targets
EconomyProgrammeover the weekend that the issue has already been raised with the country’s official lenders... of the target below 3.5 percent of GDP. Greece has committed to this fiscal goal up to 2023... relief measures by the eurozone, Greece currently has highly concessional terms. Interest payments
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What brought down Golden Dawn?
Societyof the national and the European Parliament after losing more than half its voters. A lot has happened... and a laundry list of other criminal charges. Greece has completed its economic adjustment programme... in the subsequent national elections was even more dismal. The party has performed better in both European
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Government looks to boost business-friendly credentials with visits, progress on investments
PoliticsGreek Politics, the trip is being pitched as part of a charm offensive to convince European leaders that Greece has.... Mitsotakis sees it has his mission to convince key European partners of his government’s determination... and Investment minister Adonis Georgiadis. While the legislation is being drafted, the cabinet has been
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ND promotes positive narrative abroad, away from inquiry clash at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 30 billion euros of NPLs from banks’ balance sheets as soon as possible. The plan has been submitted...) is also being lined up. It appears that the Latsis Group has decided to hold on to the 45.5 percent... months. The government has reduced ENFIA by an average 22 percent this year, leading to the total
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
. Nevertheless, for the time being the government has achieved its political goal of showing..., the government has achieved its political goal of showing that it intends to live up to its tax cut promises... “evidence from the last 30 years” shows that reducing corporate taxes has minimal impact on growth
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Vital economic legislation lined up as ND seeks compromise over diaspora vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsprepare to share out the additional surplus from this year’s budget, which has been estimated at 380 million euros. Of this, 138 million euros has been earmarked for reducing the amount of tax companies... investment strategy. The system, which represents a major departure from what has gone before, will apply
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Banks enter final quarter with high hopes for bad loan reduction while challenges remain
EconomyBanking, Piraeus Bank has the highest NPE stock on its balance sheets with the total currently standing at 26.1... billion. NBG currently has the smallest amount of bad loans on its books, with the bank reporting... value of 1.8 billion euros. Finally, Piraeus Bank has 1.6 billion euros worth of NPE sales
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Greece aims to bolster Balkan role to dull impact of EU veto for Skopje, Tirana
PoliticsForeign Policypresidency as of January 2020. The Greek government has already contacted members of the government in North... Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama, last Tuesday. Dendias has tried... back and we could return to what has happened. Otherwise we cannot lie to the people that we
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