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Finance Ministry seeks solutions to address growing housing problem
Economycontinuously since 2017. All the losses suffered during the debt crisis have now been recovered... property prices which determine all taxes on property will stay frozen until 2027, while incentives... to housing, with a total budget of €6.5 billion. This allows interested parties to easily gather all
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agoraa lending recovery has yet to materialize itself in the Greek real economy. Source: Own calculations... yet to be operational and yield results that signal a turnaround. We must rather voice concern over...-oriented (including to Germany) and a good order book, sound credit history despite all the challenges
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomynot yet been concluded. Thursday’s version of the budget followed a draft that was released... fulfilled. Nevertheless, since the budget has yet to be rubber stamped by the troika, the next critical milestone is the agreement with the troika on all pending issues, which include agreeing
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Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
Agoraup for their lack of ideas by bringing in new faces. All the groupings have been advertising.... For all the criticism of the 41-year-old journalist, he is good at portraying himself as just another... crucial vote, To Potami’s ideas remain vague. Its policies are not clear and it has yet to decide
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What this week's VAT changes mean for household budgets and public coffers
EconomyProgramme) and water (excluding sewage). All other products and services fall under the basic rate of 23... in their services’ price, it is not yet clear whether a part of it would be absorbed by the firms... in a material rise in all products and services provided to both inhabitants and tourists
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agorain the third quarter. It was all supposed to be going so well that the government led by New Democracy’s... in the first quarter of 2016. Yet, the budget execution of that year missed the primary surplus... apparent that the volume and intensity of the austerity was stifling the economy and all assumptions
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
cushion in the first half of the year. Although not officially announced yet, budget revenues most... this week that the visa waiver issue had not been resolved yet, while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan... Democracy). It is, as we will examine, a myth that has been peddled by all three at one time
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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
remained in deflationary territory for yet another month, according to figures released... to be that all these measures have to be agreed and specified by the end of the year, even if the medium... by this sudden upsetting of the quiet balance on their islands. Yet, the stories of bravery and generosity
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Labour reforms, fiscal measures loom largest as Athens resumes talks with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics, Tsipras has not yet reached the point where he can sign up to an agreement that would be accepted by his... the measures. These details, however, have yet to be settled. The days leading up to the March 20 Eurogroup, by when Athens hopes to have settled all the less contentious issues in the review
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Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
AgoraIn a sense, there is very little point in evaluating Greece’s agreement with its lenders. After all.... All sides must take a share of the responsibility but the cost will be shouldered exclusively.... The number of people affected is not yet clear, although Kathimerini estimated that 1.1 million out of 2.7
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