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Mandatory e-payments come into force as Greece seeks to boost card use further
EconomyFeaturesto combat tax evasion and boost VAT revenues. Paying by card has historically been unpopular in Greece... in ample will avoid the fine. Capital controls Greece has long been a nation of cash lovers, much... pointing to a continuing reluctance to pay by card. It has also been commented that a directive
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ND moderates catch some flak, suggesting delicate party balance
PoliticsGreek Politicsclearly has to engage in the battle of ideas, more than it ever has in the past,” wrote Hatzidakis. “We... be based on a lottery and not who has the top marks was interpreted by the conservatives... the left has governed, under any guise, the result for people was the same: Destruction, poverty
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Athens readies labour legislation, but not to cross off prior actions
PoliticsGreek Politics’s standing with at least some voters. The coalition has long made it clear that it wants to bolster... the government’s achievements and try to reverse the tide of criticism that has left the coalition... be noted, though, that the government still has some politically sensitive legislation to adopt
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Coalition returns to work with one eye on centre-left leadership contest
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government has not lived up to its pledge to implement the measure. Tsipras reportedly said that this issue... from TIF and the Macron visit, the coalition also has one eye on the developments at Greece’s centre... Gennimata. The socialist chief has tried to maintain a distance from New Democracy at the same time
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Economic sentiment improves again in Aug, consumer confidence climbs by 4.5 pts
EconomyMacroeconomyin the first half of the year, ESI has improved by 3.9 points since January and 5.8 points since May... to -3.7. In the year to date, industry confidence has improved by 2 points, services confidence has jumped by 26 points, retail trade has deteriorated by 16.5 points while construction is down by 5.2
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Tsipras seeks coalition makeover before review pressure ramps up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras has continued his post-summer offensive with a promise to overhaul Greece’s public.... Tsipras also spoke of depoliticising the public administration, which has been a longstanding... by the third review. The government still has dozens of prior actions to tick off before the institutions
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Tsipras invokes Andreas Papandreou as centre-left challenge simmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives gain an outright majority at the next elections. It has been noticeable over the previous months that as PASOK has sought to redefine itself, even though some believe that it is searching...”, sought to address some of the criticism that has been directed at Papandreou, who is seen by some
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Government gears up for third review while lenders await pending actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe law protecting primary residencies by the end of the year. The Greek government has also been... by the Labour Ministry, which aims, among other things, to tackle unpaid and undeclared work. It has been...) is a democratic deficit, and sometimes in the past, when we look at Greece, it has been close to a democratic
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Unemployment falls to 21.2 pct in June, lowest since Dec 2011
EconomyMacroeconomyrevealed on Thursday. The headline figure means that the jobless has now fallen to its lowest level..., representing the highest reading for the year so far. Over the last 12 months, the jobless rate has been... percent. The IMF has forecasted unemployment to stand at 21.9 percent for 2017. The OECD has said
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Energy conference highlights path and obstacles to European energy integration
EconomyFeaturesin terms of energy security is the role of Turkey, whose cooperation on energy has been tied... Internazionali, addressed these concerns. “Turkey has been moving closer to Russia, but it’s in Turkey’s... and Turkey is a multilayer factor. There has been a lot of progress in terms of the electricity market
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