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Newsletter 195 -22/02/2019
that there are some other technical aspects that need to be cleared up, such as whether the application... the publication of the European Commission’s report and the Eurogroup to tie up the many loose ends.... SYRIZA frequently bring up this issue to accuse the opposition parties of hypocrisy when
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
that could open up as a result of the name agreement, which is why there was such a large delegation... initiatives have the capacity to deal with up to 55 billion euros of bad loans. The BoG concludes... stepped up to recover amounts, the data also revealed that a total of 42,877 debtors (1.1 percent
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Confidence vote and relief measures expected after Easter break
PoliticsGreek Politicsup the parliamentary debate to a broader range of issues. The SYRIZA leader sees this as an opportunity to talk up the interventions that his government has made over the last six months to provide... schemes allowing taxpayers to settle unpaid taxes or social security contributions in up to 120
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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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