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Survey sheds light on sentiments in lockdown, as govt backpedals on voucher scheme
PoliticsGreek Politicsas a result of their experience during lockdown. The pandemic crisis has also increased trust in the state... questioned saying they have experienced negative sentiments during lockdown – up by 27 percentage points... in digital participation. Four in 10 Greeks say they will now make more use of e-government services
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Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the national interest and, unlike their civil service colleagues, are not allowed to strike or work... and even then it can only be put towards one-off measures, not those of a permanent fiscal nature... will be encouraging for all public sector employees. Military personnel and emergency service workers
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agoraattempts to put off the inevitable. There was never a convincing case that the coalition’s... percentage points that is in the minds of those strategists who believe that Samaras might be better off... indicating that the government wrote off the possibility of electing a president, the decision to rehire
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Compliance report looks at programme financing, arrears clearance and 2016 performance
EconomyProgrammetranche approved in August 2015 included 16 billion euros for fiscal and debt service needs, while... collection rate. A number of one-off factors, such as low oil prices and the running down of inventories backed the recorded corporate profits, while some large one-off repayments of tax liabilities
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Athens holds fire on debt schemes, prepares tax relief measures
EconomyProgrammeof arrears to social security funds. The measure includes a potential write-off of up to 100 percent... will be included in the scheme. Anyone wanting to pay off their debt in a one-off payment will have... is to reduce VAT in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent. The government is also said
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoraoff the rails. But even when the crisis broke out, and a bailout was needed, the practice... in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent (which the government did before the EU vote) before... and pension bonus) are enough to throw the budget off course and make it impossible for Athens to reach its
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Govt prepares new round of economic relief as Covid remains a threat
PoliticsGreek Politicspersistence has thrown off New Democracy’s initial planning for 2021. The government had hoped that the retail sector would open from today, but that decision was put off on Friday due to the high number... service sector, which will be financed by EU structural funds. A similar scheme is also being lined
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Survey shows that Greeks cut back on healthcare visits in 2017
Societyof respondents visited a health service provider in the last month. These were classified as a doctor, hospital or other service. This is the lowest rate in the last decade - the figure for 2006 was 35.4 percent... for the problem to resolve itself. Out of this, 35.8 percent said they were put off by the cost
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Covid-19 presents new, significant challenge in banks' effort to reduce NPLs
EconomyBankingby the end of 2021. Hercules is due to take up to 36 billion euros of the stock off the balance sheets... experienced over the last three years, close to 28 percent of the loans in the industry are red. Within... of 10 have not been serviced for more than one year. The percentage of the mortgages that have not been
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
to hold off in the expectation of a swift SYRIZA failure that might boost New Democracy’s fortunes... product and service portfolios, providing export insurance guarantees to Greek companies and improving... administration from the perspective of timely service delivery and as a facilitator for private
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