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Greek firms rely on public procurement most in EU but also suspect corruption, survey indicates
Societyof 27.2 percent. The Greek figure was also noticeably higher than the next countries, Latvia (31.8... results show that more than nine out of ten companies in Greece (91 percent), as well as 89 percent... increase on 2013. More than half of all companies in 22 member states say the practice of tailor-made
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Meimarakis and Mitsotakis make it into run-off vote for New Democracy leadership
PoliticsGreek Politicswas thought to have gained less than 45 percent and Mitsotakis more than 30 percent, which would leave... chances of staging a second surprise. Opinion polls had indicated that Tzitzikostas, rather than... to vote for a 3-euro fee) led to some 400,000 people casting ballots, which was much more than had been
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem suggested that the review would take months, rather than weeks. He also... loans linked to primary residences. Rather than rely on a series of cuts, which is the approach... rather than implement the measures being demanded by the troika. As it became apparent that Samaras
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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
. The government strongly insists on increasing revenues rather than cutting costs (i.e. pensions... as favouring “neoliberal” positions that are even more drastic than those of the institutions... of 30.1 percent but better than the 1.3 percent increase in 2013. Last year's increase was considerably
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2015 primary surplus exceeds target as revenues outperform and expenditure is reined in
Economyto an over-performance of 1.13 billion. Primary expenditure was 626 million better than target, while.... For the whole year, primary expenditure eased 1.5 percent to 41.3 billion, 626 million better than target... was kept broadly stable (-0.2 percent) to 48.55 billion for 2015, 719 million better than target. PIB
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Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than... further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens and strengthen its... would have only allowed the plane to enter their air space if it stopped in Bodrum rather than Rhodes
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agora, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than... to go further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens... reportedly would have only allowed the plane to enter their air space if it stopped in Bodrum rather than
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
of the year, more than 110,000 refugees and migrants Almost 110,000 migrants have entered Greece from... of farmers paying less in tax and contributions than is now the case. Τhe IMF confirmed on Tuesday... of this compassion is the underlying psychological connection. It is less than 100 years ago that Greeks from
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Budget primary surplus jumps to 1.19 bln in Jan, largely on rising PIB revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyyear and 876 million better than the target. Revenues Revenues (before tax refunds) grew by 2.3... in January, 86 million better than the target and mitigated the underperformance of tax revenues. Meanwhile, tax refunds declined by 16.9 percent to 296 million, 50 million lower than target
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Healthy eating and smoking on decline in Greece over last five years
SocietyGreeks ate vegetables and fruit, smoked cigarettes and drank less frequently in 2014 than five... was greater for men (14.6 percent) than women (6.1 percent). In comparison with the 2009 results... smoke occasionally over the same period. Men were much more likely to smoke (39 percent) than women
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