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Greece's golden visa scheme brings revenues, but risks as well
EconomyFeatures3,644 Russia 429 990 Turkey 308 811 Egypt 109 265 Lebanon 109 310 Iraq 84 320 Ukraine 83 181 Syria... far, and is looking for ways to build on it. Under a proposal soon to be tabled in parliament.... The revival of the property market has so far been welcomed in Greece, where house values plummeted by over
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Greek primary surplus at 400 mln to Oct but arrears keep piling up
EconomyMacroeconomybillion so far in 2013. Thus, excluding previous year’s payments as well as SMP income and adding back... EAP terms and comparable to the government’s estimate of 812 million for the whole year 2013... far this year. The MoF also disclosed that payment of state arrears amounted to 4.74 billion
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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicswithout dismissing large numbers of civil servants. The conservative chief has so far not revealed..., mostly increases to indirect taxes, which will not be pleasant but should not pose a major problem given
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Glimmer of hope for efforts to negotiate over tax-free threshold, but not primary surplus
EconomyProgrammethe institutions to drop the measure. So far, the lenders have appeared largely adamant that the change, bringing... of GDP (roughly 1.8 billion euros). The government is reportedly hoping that there will be a pleasant
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Lenders set to highlight reform delays, leaving fiscal gap concerns until after elections
EconomyProgrammenotes that the government has breached its commitments regarding hirings in the public sector as far... of interfering in Greek internal affairs. Nevertheless, the report is not likely to make pleasant
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorahave all risen substantially. This year, Greeks have so far paid 450 percent more in property tax... ($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes... far-right party that has come virtually out of nowhere to win 18 seats in Parliament. Greece is now
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Opposition parties' stance on president provides gov't with little hope so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Independent Greeks. Also, 10 of the 24 non-aligned MPs have so far said they plan to vote against Dimas
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSifounakis went as far as suggesting he would not vote for Dimas if there is no attempt by Venizelos
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Papandreou's bid for new role in Greek politics far from simple task
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it is polling not far above the 3-percent threshold.
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFor the second Eurogroup running, Greece and the eurozone failed to reach an agreement on how to move forward. However, an apparent acrimonious falling out may be less damaging than it first appears and, in essence, the two sides do not seem to be far apart from a deal. The early break-up
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