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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsallowing taxpayers up to 100 instalments to pay off tax and social security arrears as the troika thinks... Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports given that 2014 sell-off target of 1.5 billion euros has been missed
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Agreement on third bailout could trigger SYRIZA split and snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing prospects of an agreement between Greece and its lenders this week on a third bailout mean that significant political developments might not be far off. The government wants to vote... being considered by Tsipras is to hold off on elections until a little later in the autumn (maybe early
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Opinion polls indicate fragmentation, close election race
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the fragmentation of the vote means the possibility of an outright win is firmly off the table... that the party is in a state of disintegration, which may be putting off a number of its supporters
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SYRIZA and New Democracy neck-and-neck as post-election scenarios become clearer
PoliticsGreek Politicsout that opinion polls were off the mark ahead of the referendum in July, failing by a wide margin... cooperation with the Independent Greeks appears to be off the table, especially as there are doubts whether
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Coalition hopes for respite from ex-minister's claims as probes launched
PoliticsGreek Politics. The start of the investigations means that the government can now put off any discussion about... government policy. SYRIZA has tried over the last years to shrug off persistent accusations from its
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Coalition prepares final legislation for review, opposition expects no upsets for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe implemented if the programme is off track in the coming years. Having already voted through 2... only a few weeks ago the conservatives seemed convinced that Tsipras might use the stand-off
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Tax revenue overperformance leads budget primary surplus to 4.44 bln in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyrose by 7.2 percent to 5.76 billion in December, also including a payment of 630 million for one-off... noted, the notable budget outperformance, which also includes the one-off payment to pensioners worth
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Greece bottom of table for gender equality progress in EU
Societya long way off from reaching a gender-equal society and all countries in the European Union have room... off unexpectedly during working hours, 14.4 percent of women reported that this was easy for them
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Primary cash surplus at 1.75 bln as expenditure rises in Sept
EconomyMacroeconomya year ago. As noted previously, this year’s figure includes a one-off item of around 2 billion euros... euros, 1.62 billion euros off target. However, it should be noted that the MoF and BoG apply different
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Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsto work due to the damage inflicted by the flooding would receive a one-off benefit payment of 600... would receive a one-off payment of 400 euros. It is estimated that there could be up to 55,000
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