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Newsletter 205 -10/05/2019
than enthusiastic response to the interventions from Greece’s lenders, who were in Athens.... For pensioners earning more than 1,000 euros, the rate will be 30 percent. Achtsioglou said... less than 500 euros a month) and that the legislation to be submitted to Parliament later this month
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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agoraless damaged than he expected to be. Considering that SYRIZA gained just over 23 percent... vote was a much better performance than expected. SYRIZA lost around 145,000 votes (and 4 percentage... poll data, SYRIZA’s support among younger voters was 8 points stronger than for ND. This is also
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ND moves on to next bill after first round of tax cuts approved
PoliticsGreek Politicsless than 60,000 euros,” while half of that amount is for properties worth more than 500,000 euros... more than 1 million euros are less than 15,000 of 7.3 million taxpayers in total and that their tax... of the total reduction would be enjoyed by those owning properties worth less than 200,000 euros. Staikouras
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
that a better-than-expected performance on the revenue side over the last few months has given... to the Finance Ministry, more than 1.1 million taxpayers applied to settle their tax and social security debts... euros on heating fuel benefit this winter and that the subsidy would be paid out in advance, rather than
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoradepartures, rather than forced returns, which are seen as a last resort. In 2018, the Netherlands... for Migration (IOM). Also, fewer than 2,000 people have been returned under the terms of the EU-Turkey... recently argued that Greece is facing a migration, rather than a refugee crisis, which has created
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Newsletter 228 -15/11/2019
, a full 0.5 percent lower than the government’s 2020 budget target, and 2 percent for 2021, with long.... A breakdown of amounts owed showed that 79 percent of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each... turned negative in October with 125,668 more firings than hirings, data from the Labour Ministry’s
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Newsletter 232 -13/12/2019
than the Italian criterion of having sold 50 pct+1 of both mezzanine and junior notes, with the aim... more recently in search of work and better opportunities than their crisis-ridden homeland could... instrument, attracting more than one billion euros in offers for a 375 million auction, and a yield
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeatures, the targets call for more than a tripling of wind power and photovoltaic generation capacity from 2017... than the original plan, and a 50 percent increase over 2017 levels), as well as a slight increase...) is largely the result of market liberalisation since the 1990s. More than 40 percent of the electricity
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agoraare used to protect motorcycle riders elbows rather than heads, wheelchair ramps are considered perfect... by adopting restrictive measures earlier than other leaders after heeding the multiple warnings coming from... a chance to address this issue directly in his televised address on Wednesday, but rather than
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Covid-19 presents new, significant challenge in banks' effort to reduce NPLs
EconomyBankingeuros in December, reduced annually by close to 14 billion euros, and more than 39 billion since... of the NPEs, 24.6 billion euros, is connected to some sort of settlement scheme. More than half.... Within the business segment, 62 percent of small and self-employed are non-performing, and more than
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