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A summit of little substance
Agoraunemployment, financing the economy and cutting red tape; deepening the Economic and Monetary Union... unemployment, financing the economy and cutting red tape (‘REFIT’), there were no major new initiatives... their standing, putting mainstream political parties under greater pressure, and fostering the radicalisation
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What is the state of play with Greek banks?
Economy, other cost cutting initiatives, lower funding cost and disposal of non-core assets will also... on net interest income in the next quarters. Cost cutting is the second positive factor on the pre
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
percent reduction in the ENFIA property tax, cutting VAT on electricity bills from 13 to 6 percent..., may be lowered below the 6,000-euros mark, entailing cutting the tax credit down to 1,300 euros
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Labour market reforms did exactly what they were supposed to
Agora, cutting private wages would have increased income inequality across the society. However, private... translate into lower labour costs in 2011, Greece’s lenders wanted to accelerate the reduction by cutting
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Focus turns to first post-MoU visit by creditors and talks on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammethat cutting pension expenditure by 1 percent of GDP is not necessary in fiscal or structural terms... cutting pensions next year, this could impact on the tax cuts and spending increases the government
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
Societyas a cost-cutting exercise. This led to students having to travel greater distances in order to access... of education in Greece was attributed in part to austerity measures which have led to the cutting of certain
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What Greece imports and why
EconomyFeatureswith or drastically cutting back on food imports is not straightforward for a country that would otherwise... trade deficit is more likely going to involve ramping up exports rather than cutting back exports
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Tsipras points to tax cuts as example of bailout exit benefits
PoliticsGreek Politics, we are reducing ENFIA, we are cutting tax for businesses and handing out a social dividend to 1.4... of the counter-measures agreed in return for cutting pension spending by 1 percent of GDP. Given
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Newsletter 185 -30/11/2018
for cutting pension spending by 1 percent of GDP. Given that the pension cuts have now been abandoned... security contributions for the self-employed, we are reducing ENFIA, we are cutting tax
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Surprise handout announcement provokes storm of criticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsall previous governments of driving down the minimum wage by a third and cutting unemployment benefits... on cutting deals with special interests, while Mitsotakis dismissed him as a “failed prime minister” who
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