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  1. Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
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    Agora

    progress Cyprus has made over the last 12 months” and that Nicosia is “bearing the fruits from... tax rate is 12.5 percent. Corporation tax in Greece has been increased from 26 to 29 percent, while... much the economy has been damaged by constant tax hikes and whether the Greek governments since 2010

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  2. Dispute over handouts drags on, allowing tension with creditors to rise
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the process and the coalition’s concerns about settling the dispute that has been triggered... and Schaeuble are leading Greece towards a dead-end.” To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis has also suggested... of next month as the government has identified the Eurogroup on January 26 as a watershed

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  3. Athens settles pension handout row, looks for review progress
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    EconomyProgramme

    Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem concluded on December 24 that “the way has been cleared... that the government did not pledge anything more than what has been agreed so far. They said the letter clarifies... clarifies that the government has committed any future fiscal over-performance to be used, in agreement

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  4. Govt hopes for Feb review deal but opposition readies in case of snap polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    There are increasing indications from government sources that Athens has accepted it is unlikely... the government, which has suffered a steady erosion since being re-elected in September 2015 as a result of the measures it has adopted and its double-speak. A poll by Kapa Research published in To Vima

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  5. Newsletter 102 - 13/01/2017

    Newsletters

    . There has been no official statement on the measures that Athens is considering, but reports have... by 8,200 Over the last twelve months, the unemployment rate has fallen by 1.5 percentage points... also decreased by 7,100 to 3.69 million. Over the last twelve months, the unemployment rate has fallen

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  6. Payment cards up by 3 pct but value of transactions drops by 7 pct in H1 2016

    EconomyBanking

    has recorded a cumulative increase of 17.3 percent in the past two years, while the number of card transactions has soared by around 71 percent over this period. On fraud, the report revealed... of volume and value and has remained broadly stable over the last two years.

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  7. Schaeuble presents Athens with stark reality of programme without IMF
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the review being wrapped up quickly and without further measures. This prospect has appealed to Prime...-led coalition has shown that it prefers the short-term gains that would come from the IMF... up a path to a much simpler agreement with the eurozone lenders but the fact that Athens has put

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  8. Key fiscal differences lower expectations for Eurogroup
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ahead of Thursday’s Eurogroup. There has been reports, and rumours swirling in Athens, that Finance... or no movement on the issue of debt relief, which the Greek government has attached great importance... earlier, there has been no indication of any substantial discussion between the institutions about

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  9. Tsipras facing limited options as he waits for signs from IMF
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on the adoption of the interventions the International Monetary Fund has demanded. One of the few certain... government has felt for some time that there is a possibility Donald Trump’s administration may push... government has 153 MPs, this would either involve getting all the deputies from PASOK, the Union

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  10. Athens gears up for deal with lenders, pending news from IMF

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ’ side to ensure that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a deal that he can then persuade his MPs... to swallow but as long as there is a feeling that there has been a fair trade-off with the lenders... far. There is a strong feeling that the government has taken its decision to reach an agreement

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