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  1. Government braces for self-employed tax protests, but insists on soundness of measure
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    the measure to dampen the reaction from the self-employed. There has been no official indication so far... it presented last week, while at the same time trying to win over public opinion for the measure. Speaking..., regardless of whether they declare profits or not. The fiscal impact of the measure is significant

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  2. Newsletter 177 -05/10/2018

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    Athens senses break on pensions Eurogroup chief suggests cuts seen as fiscal measure, boosting... for the coalition and its opponents. “This measure was not a structural policy measure as the pension system... carried out by the government. “This was intended to be a fiscal measure and we all know the fiscal

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  3. Over 26 pct of young Greeks out of education, training and work - second highest in EU
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    Greece has the second highest share in the European Union of NEETs – young people aged 20-24 who are neither in employment nor in education or training – and also saw its proportion of NEETs jump... ago, Luxembourg was in the leading position, on 48.9 percent, a figure that has now fallen to 47.1

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  4. Tsipras leads the line as New Democracy has victory and majority in its sights
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    in Cyprus, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to douse speculation that has emerged over... if they do not win a parliamentary majority in the national elections. “I have publicly said that I..., I will say categorically that it does not. In its current form, SYRIZA is clearly on the opposite

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  5. The benefits of being Greek
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    to the courts to challenge the legality of the measure, and they would win. I am sure however... parties? On my way to the ballot box on 7 July, I would like to have the answer to these questions. I... in a campaign rally that this measure is meant for Greek families, accepting that half-Greek families

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  6. Understanding the German approach towards Greece
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    position in particular has been a topic of debate, both in Greece and on markets. The key issues... on German policy-making; and whether Germany is willing to give in to demands from a Syriza government. I argue that Germany has no interest in Grexit and that the AfD has been a minor constraint

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  7. Opposition intensifies calls for political scalp over failure to avert deadly hooligan clash

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    that this will be followed by a review of police operations and training. However, Mitsotakis’s continuing backing... opposition party SYRIZA has criticised the prime minister for remaining invisible throughout the crisis.... The incident, however, has shaken the law-and-order narrative which is at the core of New Democracy

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  8. Lenders set to keep coalition waiting for answer on pension cuts
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    not believe in the structural nature of the measure any longer. “Our view has been on the pensions... for proceeding with the measure. The IMF’s spokesman Gerry Rice was very clear about this point during... Draghi said that the Frankfurt-based organisation no longer has any say in the state of Greek public

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  9. Spree of media deals puts spotlight back on ownership issues

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    as Kathimerini newspaper. PAOK FC, Open TV and the Ethnos newspaper, which has been issuing just a Sunday... property of defunct MEGA channel, which has been off air for a year. Marinakis, who already owns the DOL newspaper group, has been on a media buying spree since 2017. The DOL group includes two of Greece

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  10. Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020

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    visited the naval base at Souda Bay in Crete. The US has had an interest for some time in upgrading its... would become the home for US expeditionary sea base, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship has... that the US-Greek “military-to-military relationship has been enhanced significantly.” He described

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