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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesIt is 5:59am on a Sunday morning. The host of the morning talk show, a man of near-pensionable age... by 2020, and 10 percent by 2070 as a result of the reforms. While some have questioned the use... are punishing. Greece has 3 people over 65 for every 10 of working age. According to the OECD’s projections
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
. No final decision on this politically sensitive issue is expected until perhaps the November 5 Eurogroup... the average increase for the year to 10 percent. The figure for the same quarter last year showed an increase... of unemployed (92.3 percent) are looking for a full-time job, while less than 10 percent reported receiving
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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeaturesgroups, at 14 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Residence permits for property owners/investors... at 312,000 euros. While most were concentrated at the lower end of the scale, just under 10 percent... succeeded in attracting close to 5 billion euros of investments in property, financial assets
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
Societyhealthcare rose. Co-payments for certain medicines increased by 10 percent or more depending on the disease, user fees increased from 3 euros to 5 euros for outpatient visits and new 1 euro fees... for Disease Prevention and Control that 10 percent of patients in Greece were at risk of developing
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Chasing investment, the Greek dream
Agora, investment spending stood at 17.24 billion euros in the third quarter of 2007, but hovered at just above 5... for 10 percent of GDP, 4 percentage points above the eurozone average. At the 2007 peak, dwellings... to 7 percent of GDP, from nearly 10 percent in the 2007 peak. In fact, investment spending in other
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Tsipras goes big on minimum wage, hoping to enhance election hopes
PoliticsGreek Politicswas that the minimum wage should go up by between 5 and 10 percent. Greece’s lenders also reportedly..., Tsipras spoke of Greece returning to normality after a period of 10 years. He told the cabinet
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Tourism institute shows international flight seat schedule to Greece down by 7 pct in 2019
EconomyFeaturesin Mykonos (+10 percent), Kalamata (+6 percent) and Kefalonia (+5 percent). In the remaining 14..., 10 percent lower than the absolute number of seats scheduled for the year. A number of factors were
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Early IMF repayment next goal for Athens after concluding second post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammethat it can pay off early at least some of the 10 billion euros it owes to the International Monetary... bailout era far in the past. Close to 4 billion of the outstanding 10 billion euros that Greece owes to the IMF has an interest rate of nearly 5 percent. From a debt sustainability and fiscal perspective
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Vote on tax bill due this week as ND pushes for adoption of first three draft laws
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent for the cheapest properties and 10 percent on property portfolios worth over a million euros... interest cut from 5 to 3 percent, and the minimum monthly instalment lowered from 30 euros to 20 euros... as a percentage of income, ranging from 10 percent for incomes up to 10,000 euros up to 20 percent
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Newsletter 217 -02/08/2019
from 5 percent to 3 percent. Furthermore, businesses that owe up to 1 million euros (the original debt.... The final draft law to be tabled before Parliament takes a 10-day break from August 10 is mini multi-bill... the government’s three bills. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has targeted the adoption of 10
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