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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyon national identity are shaping up to become the focus of intense and acrimonious debate. Accusations... rejection rate. One in four applications from this group were rejected in 2018, up from less than 4... years seems most likely to be the result of pent-up demand following an extended period of very few
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A campaign that leaves Greece in pain
Agorato influence voters in the run-up to Sunday’s vote, it is clear SYRIZA has failed to meet its own... ended up in such a profound economic and social crisis because the rot set in over many years, well... as result of the whipping up of hostility to the Prespes Agreement. The recent debate in Parliament
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsexperienced ministers in key posts and backing them up with a layer of specialists underneath. While... minister in the Samaras administration will have prepared for what’s shaping up to be a challenging round... for investment in Georgiadis’s beefed-up Development Ministry is another move that bolster’s Mitsotakis
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PPC, Hellenikon present government with first test of problem solving mettle
EconomyTo the extent that government is an exercise in handling short-term obstacles thrown up by events..., but if the government’s rescue plan for PPC ends up including a direct recapitalisation from... Hellenikon investment up and running, with Mitsotakis promising on the campaign trail
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
percent) and a top rate of 42 percent (down from 45 percent), and up to 60 percent tax cuts for self-employed workers on up to 10,000 euros a year. The tax-free threshold will be kept at 8,636 euros.... Building up to the bond issuance, Greece’s lenders urged the new government to stay focused
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
consumption represents the majority of GDP, making up around 89 percent of the total figure in Q2... to a downward revised decrease of 1 percent in 2017. Properties up to five years old saw price increases... that the prices of properties up to five years old rose by an average of 1.9 percent compared
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Tax cuts spearhead Mitsotakis's message in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek Politicstalked up the prospects of greater trade between the two countries after visiting the fair and holding... move up the rankings in the EU from second to last place. In terms of the public sector, Mitsotakis... investments.” Mitsotakis said that New Democracy had not taken up the previous government’s proposal
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Growing Greece: From narrative to reality
Agora, such as interventions in the way the country is governed, and the draft laws that are being lined up...) as further evidence that a page has been turned. To further back up its argument, ND highlights... Paint Dry. The government also sees potential for economic gains from implementing a more up-to-date
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Amid hiring controversy, ND focusses on new round of tax cuts in latest bill
PoliticsGreek Politicslevel. The draft law also contains a provision wiping out debts of up to 10 euros owed by 536,000... for each child in a household, taking the income tax set-up further in the opposite direction.... One-off debts, such as inheritance tax, can be paid off in up to 48 instalments, rather than
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PMI at 54.1 points in November as foreign orders rise
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing PMI rose to 54.1 points in November, up from 53.5 points in October... remained strong and was among the best seen in a decade. Operating conditions also picked up during... of 2019, linked to gaining new clients and launching new products. Export growth picked up to a six
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