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  1. No let up ahead in terms of fiscal demands for new Greek government

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    milestones for the first programme review. In mid-July, the government legislated a VAT reform aiming to generate annual revenues of 1 percent of GDP. The basic VAT rate was set at 23 percent, a super... percent for basic food, energy, hotels and water. In addition, the 30 percent discount on VAT rates

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  2. Special tax structure would benefit hotels and jobs, bank argues
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    EconomyFeatures

    in recent years, heavy taxation, especially VAT, remains a problem. In October 2015, a new rate of hotel VAT... of the VAT increase has been absorbed by the hotels in order to remain competitive, with just a small... services are subject to 13 percent VAT. Food and beverage plus other services sold to clients incur

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  3. ND doubles down on tax as leaders target weak spots on electoral map

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a reduction of VAT and other indirect taxes. The parties on the left, led by PASOK and SYRIZA, have... showed that the wealthy would benefit more from a VAT cut than lower earners, adding..., repeated by Skertsos, that VAT cuts will not get passed on to consumers is one that critics have used

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  4. Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015

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    in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term

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  5. Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos

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  6. Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    within the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis

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  7. Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Former Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He

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  8. Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos

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  9. Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
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    that the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings

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  10. PM seeks to douse snap election talk, points to October polls

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    fuelled on Monday by an amendment submitted to Parliament by the Interior Ministry. It aims... a parliamentary majority. The rule had been introduced in 2014 but the Interior Ministry argues

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