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Tsipras puts proposals to socialist leaders, resumes bailout talks ahead of review
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared alongside Europe’s socialist leaders in France... with the continent’s top socialists to set out some proposals of his own for addressing key problems in Europe... in state’s deficit calculations under the Stability and Growth Pact. On the political front, Tsipras
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HFSF study identifies constraints on developing dynamic NPL market
EconomyBankingof judges on insolvency matters is the HFSF’s proposed way of resolving this. In addition, the weakness... legal issue highlighted by the HFSF is that the debtor’s application suspends the accrual of interest... the bankrupt debtor’s property is a legal obstacle which encourages strategic defaulters, HFSF
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
Agorainto near-farce and become mired in controversy. The government’s claim that it was on a crusade to smash... Journal. Despite the apparent intentions to turn a new leaf, this week’s proceedings had an air... station. One of the channels taking part accused the state’s legal counsel of having recently represented
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Who pays property tax and how much revealed by Greek authorities
EconomyMacroeconomypercent lower than last year’s figure of 3.25 billion. It should be pointed out that the Finance... are due to pay a total of 466.8 million euros this year, up by almost 10 percent from last year’s figure of 424.9 million. This year’s figure corresponds to an average tax amount of 8,450 euros per company
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Mitsotakis uses tax cut pledge as driving force in effort to provide alternative
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent of GDP. Mitsotakis defended his ambitious targets in Sunday’s news conference, insisting..., while also trying to appear a unifier in contrast to the SYRIZA leader’s more combative style... in the next few weeks will show how effective or convincing Mitsotakis’s message was but if his
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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo issues that have been thorns in the government’s side in recent weeks: The TV licence tender... tender. The head of Greece’s highest administrative court, Nikos Sakellariou called off the plenary... the intense speculation about the court’s imminent decision as creating an atmosphere
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Tsipras braces for SYRIZA congress, weighs up reshuffle options
PoliticsGreek Politicsable to socialise with SYRIZA members and parliamentarians. The leftist party’s four-day congress... polls and not able to show much in way of policies that are popular with SYRIZA’s rank and file... Tsipras with an opportunity to set out a new vision for the country’s immediate future and a path
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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agoraand its future prospects. Next year’s commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome... interests, reputational damage, as well as frustration with today’s Union, which affects not only... years on, European integration has become part of most of Europe’s collective DNA. Its benefits
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Tsipras ponders risking reshuffle to finish review on time, get debt talks going
PoliticsGreek Politicsand increasing the government’s chances of concluding the programme review that began last week as soon... latest party duties by presiding over a gathering of SYRIZA’s central committee over the weekend, just... the weekend, the first since SYRIZA’s recent congress, was to elect a new 29-member political
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Greece drops three places to 61st in World Bank's ‘Doing Business’ ranking
EconomyGreece’s position in the “Ease of Doing Business” ranking deteriorated by 3 spots, the World Bank’s..., down from an upward revised 58th place in 2016. Moreover, Greece’s position is the worst among high-income countries, according to the World Bank. The report showed that Greece’s ranking deteriorated
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