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Greek women in crisis
Agorafrom all public documents. The coalition has a greater commitment to battle discrimination against... in Crete and for the last 5 years, has been caring for an elderly lady of 90 years old. She gets paid 450... has since been a stay-at-home mum. Although the Greek laws protect women, inequality is linked
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Greeks full of contradictions on ideology and political beliefs, study suggests
Societya minority phenomenon. However, the share of respondents who view the EU as positive or rather positive has... confidence in institutions has fallen in many areas. Confirming the results of other surveys, the most...). On the other hand, public confidence in the prime minister has fallen from 71 to 44 percent
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With tax-free threshold set for change, income declarations underline need for rethink
EconomyProgrammewas legislated last May and applies to personal incomes in 2016. According to reports, the government has..., assuming that their declared income remains stable. The IMF has recently noted that if Greece aligns.... The government has counter-proposed a reduction of 15 percent in the single property tax (ENFIA), a cut by 2 pp
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Slow progress on fiscal, impasse on labour keep review deal on hold
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Athens believes that it has a strong case given that there is a commitment from the eurozone... has also pointed to the response given by European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre... the review, leaving all sides to return to the matter as part of the next inspection. There has been
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Kotzias visit to Washington still leaves some doubts about US stance
PoliticsForeign Policyand equal – with states with which it has very friendly relations.” When asked whether he thought... as it has publicly said little about it. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last month, US.... The Cyprus issue has also fallen into a stalemate over the last month following the decision of both
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgramme. It has requested an increase in the limit for mass layoffs, abolition of the need for pre-approval... for the restoration of collective bargaining. The Fund has also demanded a reduction in the tax... this issue has also not been resolved yet, it appears that the two sides are not far from clinching
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No return of institutions after Eurogroup but talks to continue in Brussels
EconomyProgrammefor these matters to be discussed. There was no surprise in the issues highlighted as it has been clear since... the matters that are tackled. The Greek government has been arguing for the past few days that some... suggested last week, the Commission at least has slightly different views from the IMF on labour reforms
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Three investment groups table binding offers for Thessaloniki Port
EconomyAuthority and Dubai Ports International and has a portfolio of 77 operating marine and inland terminals.... OLTH’s share price has soared 13.6 percent year to date, significantly outperforming the Athens Stock Exchange general index, which has edged down 1.2 percent since the beginning of the year
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PPC: The struggling electricity giant dominating bailout talks
EconomyFeaturesof syndicated bond loan, has been initially approved by the four systemic lenders and Attica Bank... and individual investors. PPC’s stock price has dropped by 5.2 percent in the year-to-date. It has
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Outline deal clinched at Eurogroup, focus now moves to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the press conference. He underlined the “strong impact” that uncertainty has had on the Greek banking... the fiscal performance is severely off track. It has also secured some concessions on the labour front... agreement on Sunday, when SYRIZA’s central committee is due to meet to assess the deal. Tsipras has
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