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  1. Multi-bill tabled as Greece aims to take last step to completion of review

    EconomyProgramme

    ’s key provisions relate to the parametric fiscal measures yielding 1 percent of GDP... important revenue sources relate to an increase in the basic VAT rate from 23 to 24 percent... relate to health, Public Investment Budget, water, electricity and natural gas, GSPR, allowances

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  2. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  3. Athens gets seat at Libya conference, but talks yield little

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , which was also attended by US Vice President Kamala Harris, Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al Sisi

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  4. FM gauges mood in Middle East, seeks to bolster ties with Egypt
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , Gerapetritis expressed to Egypt’s president Abdel Fatah al Sisi and his counterpart Sameh Shoukry

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  5. Sale of defence manufacturer stokes opposition criticism amid bid to bolster regional ties
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of regional alliances. On Wednesday, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to Egyptian President Abel Fatah El

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  6. Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , it is no surprise that the first bills Tsipras will attempt to pass are ones that relate to some of the key pre... will relate to the social impact of the crisis, or the “humanitarian crisis” as SYRIZA labels... help him take in 2.5 billion euros by the summer. Protection of primary residences A third piece

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  7. Greece lags in basic skills for youth but improves in educational attainment
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    Society

    percentage points below the EU average. “Greece has an alarmingly low employment rate for recent VET upper

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  8. Greece scores low on index for skills development, activation and matching
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    Society

    and training (VET). Their skills index is described as a “composite indicator measuring the performance

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  9. Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    increase in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so

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  10. Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013

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