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New court verdict adds to concern about impact of backpay on fiscal balance
EconomyProgrammeAnother court decision on backpay has revived fears that in the months to come the Greek government... and effective only for those groups of pensioners that had taken their appeals to the court. The Greek... that 12-month period the Greek state was not in compliance with the decision. The Greek government appears
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be ratified in Skopje in the coming days, is tabled in Greek Parliament. However, he has also made... pressure from Greek judicial authorities to implicate former prime minister Antonis Samaras, Bank... incriminating evidence against the political figures in question. Maniadakis also claimed that Greek
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Greeks consider antisemitism a minor issue despite recent attacks
Societythought it was a fairly important or very important problem in Greece. Twelve percent of Greek respondents... specifically if the desecration of Jewish cemeteries was a problem in Greece, 57 percent of Greek respondents said that it wasn’t. The majority of Greek respondents also did not think that antisemitism
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Newsletter 192 -01/02/2019
of the Greek economy, is supposed to be fully owned by the Greek authorities, Tsipras overlooking the wise men... that such measures are superficial when compared to foreign investment as a means of lifting the Greek economy out... in the Greek market came to 1.1 percent in December compared to a contraction of 1.4 percent seen
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Next government in strong position to decouple presidential vote from snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsRelying on just a simple majority, the next Greek government will have the opportunity to decouple... of Thursday’s second round of voting on proposals for the revision of Greek constitution. The method of electing the Greek president is seen as one of the most significant changes that the political
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Newsletter 203 -15/04/2019
minded and if there is fiscal space and it is a priority for the Greek government then we... finance ministers welcomed “that the Greek authorities reiterated their general commitment to continue... the high levels of tax that Greek workers’ wages are subject to. Describing the tax wedge, which the OECD
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EC warns budget not on track due to handouts, advises against further underspend
EconomyProgrammeProgramme submitted by the Greek authorities to the Commission earlier this year projected ample fiscal... where Greek authorities have spent less than initially planned, either by choice or because spending..., there is a significant divergence over the assessment of the latest expansionary package. Greek authorities have
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From a tsunami of debt to some sense of normality
Agorabetween the European Union and Italy over the latter’s budget, led to Greek yields rising after the new.... This was due to the fact that the Greek state had built up a sizeable cash buffer of more than 25... repayments of roughly 2 billion over the next three years. Greek government bonds after the PSI
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PMI rises to 54.6 in July, sentiment highest since July 2012
EconomyMacroeconomyto the latest data from Markit PMI. This represents a three-month high for the Greek manufacturing sector... among Greek manufacturers was the highest since the series began in July 2012. Employment rose as well... commented that good sales continued to drive the health of Greek manufacturing as output rose along
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Support for euro grows in Greece, strong mistrust of EU easing
Society, the survey found that Greek respondents have a persistently negative view of the bloc, while still..., Greek trust in the EU gained 6 pps. Historically, trust for the EU among Greeks began to decline... overtook positive sentiment among Greek respondents. Sentiment slowly began to recover in 2016
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