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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agora. [4] If implemented on these reported terms, the project would be the largest post-war foreign... in particular in terms of regional trade, links to China’s manufacturing sector and its commodity.... The expansion of the port in terms of building additional peers and increasing the volume
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Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017
in real terms last year rather than the 0 percent estimate released in March. In nominal terms... terms in 2014, compared to a 0.4 percent previous estimate. In 2015, the economy shrank by 0.3 percent compared to the 0.2 percent estimate. In nominal terms, the economy in 2014 contracted by -1.1
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesand independent authorities. The reductions exceed the overall target of 150,000 agreed under the terms... hiring spree as charged by the opposition? Or, to put it in less adversarial terms, what is driving... during the two terms of the current government is 15,118, or 25 percent, on a year-end basis. The absence
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More changes needed to unlock private sector's potential, report says
EconomyFeatures, entrepreneurs and investors to do business in Greece. “Greece also lagged behind in terms... but this is still below the EU average. There is a similar pattern in terms of the presence of knowledge-intensity and technology in the Greek economy. Although there has been an increase in terms
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Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018
to the revised data, Greece’s economy in volume terms performed slightly better in 2017, growing..., slightly lower than the 9.6 percent growth seen in March. In nominal terms, the Greek economy grew by 2.1... terms, in 2015 GDP dropped by 0.4 percent, followed by a drop of 0.2 percent in 2016. In the March
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Main residence draft law shows signs of compromise in several areas
EconomyProgrammefelt that the terms put forward by the government were too generous and would have a damaging effect... discussions with the institutions. In terms of the annual income that an applicant must have in order... of 260,000 euros. This is one of the areas where the institutions felt that the terms were far too
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Regling underlines concerns about fiscal target after voter-friendly measures
EconomyProgrammeenhancing measures. The head of the ESM Klaus Regling was vocal in terms of the policy choices Greek... of governors also approved the terms of the independent evaluation of the Greek programmes that will focus... year. Specifically, the evaluation will assess the Greek programmes in terms of “relevance
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Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?
EconomyFeaturescredit. Dropping the base tax rate from 22 percent to 9 percent has made for big headlines in terms... to this change, making the impact on disposable income little more than symbolic in absolute terms. Earners... in absolute terms are at the bottom and the top of the earnings scale, according to calculations
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Greek fiscal deficits and debt since 2000
Agorawhether balanced budgets also means that the debt remains constant in nominal terms? The answer..., then this alone is not enough to come to terms with Greece’s debt challenge. As an example, let us again take... receivable in Line 3a. and is therefore somewhat less relevant for our present purposes in net terms.[3
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Rising yields, market turbulence limit government's fiscal options
Economycreditors, the terms are concessional, and maturities are rather benign. This allows the Public Debt... above 32 billion euros, a rather sizable portion in terms of GDP, and the portion provided by ESM... clause were due to come to an end. Also, in fiscal terms it will only partly affect the interest payments
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