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Newsletter 159 -27/04/2018
at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Sofia, ticking off another significant prior action... designed to ward off any thoughts of moving the reduction of the tax-free threshold forward from 2020... be met. “Every year, we are achieving a primary surplus of more than 3.5 percent, which suggests
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Getting to the church on time
Agora. The difficulty the coalition had in containing its excitement about this announcement served as a tip-off about... is an anachronism and taking them off the public sector payroll would be a useful way of reducing... and that it will stick to its pledge to only take on one civil servant for every five that depart
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign Policyignores the uniqueness of every case. According to Turkish claims, the Greek islands cannot have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey, towards Libya’s shores. Also, being on the “wrong... have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey to the Libya’s shores. Athens believes
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Leaders clash over economy as PM looks on bright side of Eurogroup assessment
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe chance to pay off any tax arrears accumulated between March and September in 12 to 24 instalments... be increased. Mitsotakis said that anyone paying off what they owe in a single lump sum would be given... currently being discussed are so generous that almost every borrower will be eligible for the scheme
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ND tweaking stimulus measures as SYRIZA flounders in Novartis backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicson the issue is that it is an attempt by New Democracy to kill off the opposition party by using... that the opposition party is on the back foot. The pressure is now on Tsipras to shake off the serious... confirm it was correct to pursue the case while in office and that New Democracy had every reason to want
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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agorainto September, which experts have taken to describing as “a busload of people going off a cliff every day... leisure activities seems to have paid off better than the more limited attempt in 2020 – at least
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ND seeks to capitalise on divergent views over defence procurements
PoliticsGreek Politicsa turn-off. Following SYRIZA’s criticism on Tuesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused the leftists of being “off key” on the defence issue and brought up a number of other such matters on which... every measure for the security of our islands,” said Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, who
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Govt mulls Easter bonus as cost-of-living crisis causes public concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsa one-off benefit payment to vulnerable groups before Easter. Chief government spokesman Yiannis... they stressed would be a one-off measure strictly targeted to those most in need. The Finance Ministry..., the prime minister has been using every opportunity to try and refocus the domestic agenda on reform
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Tension with Turkey dominates government agenda at home and abroad
PoliticsGreek Politics. Only 33 pct of voters currently believe they would be worse-off under a SYRIZA government, with 34 pct believing they would be “the same” and 21 pct that would be better-off, indicating... attempted illegal crossings by migrants. “We successfully repel every threat against our country at our
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Govt lines up new handouts to fight inflation as SYRIZA moves to election footing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a one-off 200-euro payment. The improved budget execution performance in April and May... of his four-year term to hold elections, he will not be able to hold off the wear-and-tear his party... for the government, heaping blame on Mitsotakis and his ministers at every opportunity, whether
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