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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policy, a process will have to be set up on the islands so each new arrival can be registered and have their and their asylum applications reviewed individually. This involves each person being interviewed by authorities. Tsipras stressed that the treatment of each case separately is necessary for the scheme
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
and indirect taxes, each yielding 1 percent of GDP. On the pension front, on top of measures already.... With each change, or return, of government, key public sector personnel has changed, policies have been rethought and legislation rewritten. Each time, the economy has had the rug pulled out from under
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgrammemonthly earnings of each employee for the total number of working years after applying progressive..., equally split between the employee and the employer, to 3.5 percent for each for a 3-year period starting... of 2,000 euros for incomes up to 20,000 euros. The tax credit is phased out by 10 euros for each
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Overdue contributions rise by 429 mln to 15.78 bln in Q1
Economyto almost 280,000 in Q1, with 38.3 percent owing less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount... and 30,000 euros each for a total amount of 1.35 billion (8.6 percent of total). On the other side of the spectrum, 1,049 debtors (just 0.4 percent of total) owe more than 1 million each for an aggregate
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Increase in overdue contributions accelerates to 831 mln in Q2 as total reaches 16.6 bln
Economyof debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 1.14 billion euros (6.9 percent of total). Moreover, around 24 percent of debtors owe between 15 and 30,000 euros each for an aggregate... 0.4 percent of total) owe more than 1 million each for a total amount of 3.76 billion euros, which
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Bank of Greece study finds one in six local firms is strategic defaulter
EconomyMacroeconomyof 13,000 firms with outstanding loan obligations of at least 1 million euros each between 2010–2015...-performing. The financial ability of each company was based on the internal credit rating applied by each
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Compromise proposal on table ahead of Friday's Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammein advance whether fiscal targets for each year are likely to be met, which will consequently trigger... and the Greek government to agree each autumn, starting from 2018, on the fiscal outcome of that year... and the second child of each family, a benefit for all families with small children, covering
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Greece agrees package of measures with IMF, eurozone to seal review
EconomyProgrammeas the pension cuts and reduction in the tax-free threshold yielding 1 percent of GDP each in 2019 and 2020... involve spending increases in 2019 and tax relief in 2020 to the tune of 1 percent of GDP each... proceeds for 2017 and 2018 are estimated at 2.2 billion euros in each year, but both figures are under
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General govt primary cash surplus falls to 1.2 bln in Q1, arrears edge down to 5.05 bln
EconomyMacroeconomycompensation and subsidies rose by 96 million each. It is noted that social benefits make up more... in SSFs. The other four sub-sectors posted an increase of 29–59 million each in their arrears... as in guarantees to general government entities by 455 million each. Overall, bank-related guarantees
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Greek competitiveness rank remains low as tax, bureaucracy create obstacles
EconomyFeaturesthat within each income group, the three most competitive economies in 2007 have since grown... that the country lags behind in nearly each of the 12 pillars of competitiveness. A predictable mix... in Greece, namely tax rates, inefficient government bureaucracy and tax regulations. Within each
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