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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoraset by the other side, which is the upfront legislation of new measures. Taxes and pensions The two... and cuts to main pensions. The fiscal impact of these measures will be one of the issues discussed... the creditors that the two sides would also agree on a set of “counter-measures” to offset the impact
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Newsletter 219 -13/09/2019
and set out the reductions in taxes that New Democracy believes will help reach that target... in the 2020 budget being drafted by the Finance Ministry. One of the most significant interventions... contributions, which is set to begin next summer, has an estimated cost of 200 million euros. The total
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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agoraof Justice. Last year, however, the road to Brussels was closed once again. Now Bulgaria has set its mind..., which is now in the forefront of the accession agenda. Thus, one of the key conditions... Economic Area (implying a new, not the existing, one). No one even tried to think through how
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ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map
PoliticsGreek Politicsare set to continue their campaign visits, each hoping to boost their support in districts where... the weekend, as the conservatives set out to defend their policy on consumption taxes over social media..., repeated by Skertsos, that VAT cuts will not get passed on to consumers is one that critics have used
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ND seeks to change narrative around train crash as MPs deliver inquiry findings
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvestigation than then one carried out under New Democracy’s stewardship. The findings from... party is set to deliver its own conclusions due to a lack of consensus within the committee that heard.... The lawmakers from the ruling party argue that even if one of these rules had been followed, the crash
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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsincome criteria are set to receive a refund of up to 800 euros annually each November, equivalent to one... are from New Democracy’s. One of the difficulties the socialists have had recently is convincing voters... authority are elected. Under the government’s latest proposal, as set out in the newspaper, a threshold
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Excess of vaccines in Serbia will go to waste
AgoraTo Good Health (Uzdravlje)! In one video we can see a boxer putting on a mask even though he has defeated an opponent who personifies Covid-19. In another, in addition to new hospitals, one can see... of the one in Shibuya, Tokyo. Either way, the message rings victorious. There is also a brief scene
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Budget passed but troika accord still some way off for Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition completed one of its key tasks for December by obtaining Parliament’s approval... PASOK, all but one voted against the budget. The twelfth voted “present.” There was, in fact, only one... and 2.96 billion in 2014 (1.6 percent of GDP). - Public debt is set to slightly ease to 320.0 billion
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
confidence. “A plan built on over-optimistic assumptions will soon cause Grexit fears to resurface one again... euros etc. The income ceiling would be set at 55,000 euros, where a 5 percent discount would apply..., according to one new poll, Tsipras is banking on voters supporting his approach. However, the mounting
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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
Agorawildly. Throughout this erratic and confusing period, though, the one relatively constant theme has been... to clash head on with one of Greece’s lenders at such a sensitive stage of the review. And, why would... of the IMF’s involvement in the programme. For one, it is less inclined to trust Greek forecasts
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