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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday, all the attention has fallen on whether Greece will be able to reach an agreement with its... but did not indicate what, if any, action would be taken. Public order The government aims... The government has pledged to provide free or subsidised healthcare for all Greeks, including those
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
will need to tap additional funding sources in order to meet external obligations of 2.5 billion... of a single VAT rate of 18 percent for almost all goods and services – it is difficult to imagine... pensions and having to implement a zero deficit rule that will lead to all of these auxiliary
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An impossible choice
Agora. If the reader feels confused about all these developments, you are in good company. The twists and turns.... They are at the receiving end of all these erratic developments. They have to digest the call for a referendum on Sunday 5... of their surname, in order to access their account. For a government that proclaimed the word “dignity
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SYRIZA seems to be mulling a switch in Greece's energy policy
PoliticsForeign Policythat will help all the involved parties to overcome pending issues related to TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline... sees Greece as a strategic partner in energy issues and would encourage dialogue that could help all... to concern the US, which is willing – according to Hochstein - to help the negotiating process in order
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Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
PoliticsGreek Politicsall this legislation through Parliament in such a short space of time will be a challenge for Tsipras but he undoubtedly feels emboldened by the fact that all 153 coalition MPs voted for the pension... minister to order spending cuts if it is confirmed in April that the budget was off course
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
to the IMF, all institutions highlight the relatively higher minimum salary in Greece, proposing... seats at all for the winning party in a general election, applies immediately. If the bill gets a simple... the reform in order to give SYRIZA more power if it loses the next election. He argued that Greece has moved
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicscontribution at all, and the retirees being excused from having to make a 6 percent contribution to healthcare costs (this was increased for all pensioners from 4 percent as part of the measures passed... with the institutions, onto the agenda. New Democracy seems to feel that the law and order issue in particular could
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
and order. The conservatives argue that because of its ideological constraints, a SYRIZA-led... Democracy). It is, as we will examine, a myth that has been peddled by all three at one time... revenues remained relatively flat. That the Greek justice system has failed to see all this after so
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
Agoraas a supposed effort to establish some order in the opaque world of Greek broadcasting had descended... was greeted with the launching of legal action by all and sundry against the government and each..., all this was absent from the process, making the tender for TV licences a series of missed
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Newsletter 91 - 07/10/2016
fire from all directions, could not allow resentment to fester and risk the coalition being viewed... and cigarettes (including electronic) all converge in the aim to increase annual revenue... in order to avoid paying due taxes. They are essentially freeriding on the back of their overburdened
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