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Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
Agora, as if to drive this point home and rub salt into the wounds of the Greek entrepreneur. Taxes Let’s stick... flocking to Cyprus, reportedly in their thousands, to set up shop. There can be no doubt that the tax... for a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agorawere met and the countries exited the bailouts. Greece is yet to reach this point but each step it makes is defined by the terms its lenders set out. Seven years on since the first bailout, there is no need to cultivate the feeling that someone is getting a free ride. Wasteful south? The other point
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agoraperceived in the region. Vaccine Politics A case in point is the criticism of the Serbian President who... With his second term coming to an end, during which his party has governed largely unchecked, Rama has set... long before as a vindication point for reform shortcomings, Rama has a vested interest in having
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
schedule it set shortly after coming to power in 2019. Permission granted in late 2021 to run coal-fired... the Greek economy growing by 3.8 pct, down by one percentage point from the previous estimate and HICP... percentage point and HICP even higher at 7 pct. Speaking at the Delphi Economic Forum this week, bank CEOs
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Policy pledges bolster top two parties as ND erases losses from surveillance affair
PoliticsGreek Politicsratings to 34.5 pct, from 33 pct in the days ahead of TIF, while SYRIZA also gained a percentage point... leading parties have each gained one percentage point. PASOK’s ratings remained steady at 12 pct... are down 0.6 pct, while the left-wing opposition has gained half a percentage point. PASOK’s ratings
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PM defends grocery stipend, hopes to draw support from PASOK
PoliticsGreek Politicsis not in a position to claim that the measure is “peanuts” since 650 million euros has been set aside to fund... poll by Pulse for Skai TV, support for New Democracy has edged up by one percentage point, to 33 pct, over the last month. This appears to be a direct result of third-placed PASOK losing one point
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Election campaign moves into gear, opinion poll data still equivocal
PoliticsGreek Politicssights set on the first-time voters given that it tends to outperform New Democracy and other parties in the younger age groups. ProRata’s survey suggests that there has been a 1.5 point dip... by half a point to 25.5 pct. PASOK is down 1.5 point to 9. The only other notable movement
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Greece gets close-up view of rapidly changing US foreign policy position
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece with the United States. The very high point that these bilateral relations are at today... defense spending obligations, a point of great significance for Donald Trump who still demands... in Paris, was set out by European Council President Antonio Costa: "to take the first short-term decisions
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoramanagement team but instead got a set of politicians that flew even closer to the burning sun. 2004... in itself but the government was still borrowing cheaply on global markets, which at the point had... in Greece and salaries for under-25s are actually set below what is considered to be the poverty line
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomy. On the debt front, gg debt is set to slightly ease to 320.0 billion (174.8 percent of GDP) in 2014 from... point to 24.5 percent in 2014 after increasing by 2.7 percentage points to 25.5 percent in 2013... percent stake in DESFA to Azeri SOCAR (188 million). The target for 2014 was set at 3.56 billion without
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