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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass... than 15,000 per year should pay a monthly mortgage payment of 10 percent of their net monthly income. Those earning between 15,000 and 35,000 per annum are to have monthly mortgage payments that amount
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Greece’s M&A market stagnates during recession
EconomyFeaturesactivity, in Greece, a sharp decline has been recorded. A January 2016 survey by PWC showed that M&A... Europe differed to that of the PWC report, in that it cited 28 M&A’s in Greece for 2015 versus the 29 deals cited by PWC, and that the estimated transaction value improving by 33 percent in dollar
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ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared
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Greek teachers low paid, but work shorter hours in smaller classes
Societyqualifications earned 60 percent of the OECD average of $42,825. Greek teachers also saw their salaries..., Greek teachers also saw their net salaries shrink as a tax for solidarity was created. This tax..., with nine pupils per teacher, below the OECD average of 15 and much below Mexico, where there are 28
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
SocietyGreece tops the EU league tables in terms of the number of lawyers per population and has by far... per 100,000 in 2010 to 388 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Also registering a high proportion... 6.4 cases per 100 inhabitants in 2012, compared to 21 in the EU – it was at the upper end
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase in unpaid taxes by more than 600 million per month and b) expenditure deferral, particularly regarding
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Increased revenues push Greek budget primary surplus up to 2.28 bln at end of July
EconomyMacroeconomyand means that the primary surplus target was beaten by 1.48 billion euros. The fiscal performance... period. This implies that the tax debt is increasing on average by 1.04 billion per month in 2014
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New overdue taxes rise by 489 mln in Mar, total legacy and new debt at 104.5 bln
EconomyMacroeconomycollected per month in the first three months of the year, another 880 million in taxes went unpaid... 81.5 percent in the first quarter of 2019, meaning that the target was beaten.
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