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  1. Pensions spending stable but early retirees burden system
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The government has been gradually phasing out the EKAS grant. In December’s bulletin, the number.... The government is under pressure to carry out a further one percent of GDP cuts in 2019, but argues that it has... Panteion University has shown that the country’s social security system will be burdened by around

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  2. Revision confirms second year of total fiscal surplus at 0.8 pct of GDP
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    has been produced based on the Regulation ESA 2010 for the System of National Accounts. According... the Economic Adjustment Programme, which has different treatment from ESA 2010 for certain revenue... that it settled in 2016. Overall, Greece’s fiscal data has remained broadly stable between the two

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  3. SYRIZA and ND at odds over proposals for changing constitution
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    attention, has shifted to SYRIZA’s suggestions. Two points in particular have drawn a reaction from... Democracy has also made it clear that it is not willing to support the government’s proposals unless...) and some independent lawmakers in order to achieve the 180-vote threshold. To Potami Centrist To Potami has

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  4. Killing puts strain on Greek-Albanian relations after stalled efforts to reach deal
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    in southern part of Greece’s neighbouring country last Sunday has provoked concern in Athens... has been urging Tirana to investigate the death of dual-national Katsifas and provide further information about the police operation that led to him being shot in order to ease the tension that has been

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  5. Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and corruption in the past. It has been made clear by the coalition’s approach to such issues... Democracy and PASOK. Parliament has also been looking into claims of illegal hirings and misuse of funds... has yet to produce a report yet. Over the weekend, SYRIZA-friendly Documento weekly published

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  6. Backpay for civil servants gets "positive" measures rolling for government
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    Economy

    The Greek government has submitted to Parliament draft legislation that paves the way for thousands... budget. It has been suggested in the local media over the past few days that the government might have..., as had been agreed in 2017. So far, the coalition has shown no intention of holding back on any

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  7. What Greece imports and why
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    EconomyFeatures

    behind at 21.23 billion. As the crisis hit, both exports and imports declined. The trade deficit has... during the good times - it has more or less been historically present. In addition, the crisis did have..., sales of which crashed during the country’s crisis years. Although a recovery has been building

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  8. BoG highlights areas of concern in underlying NPE data
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    EconomyBanking

    and dynamics of the most challenging legacy that the crisis has left for the country’s credit institutions.... It describes the reduction that has been achieved to date, with the outstanding amount of bad... governor Yannis Stournaras has been promoting, details of which were also presented in the same report

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  9. New strategic investment framework unveiled, faster licencing and tax breaks promised

    EconomyFeatures

    Dragsakis aimed at fast-tracking investments into Greece. The new framework, which has been put... has shown that Greece fell to number 72 out of 190 economies worldwide. Last year, Greece stood... that investments will increase by 0.8 percent this year. Attracting foreign investments has been cited

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  10. Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and 100 euros. The government has also broadened the number of civil servants that will receive..., echoing the kind of language that has been used by Tsipras recently as he tries to convince voters..., and that it has the tools and ideas necessary to govern the country. For Mitsotakis

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