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Mitsotakis appeals to centre-ground voters in bid to score decisive victory
PoliticsGreek Politicsof voters is giving substantial attention to the law and order issue. A recent spate of attacks... by the current government. All in all, it is estimated that there will be an extra 570,000 young voters
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Report exposes fractured and incomplete response to refugees
Societyone midwife at the Samos reception centre and none at all at the Chios, Kos, Leros and Lesvos... to emergencies, the report stated. It added that along with exploring all options for relocation... on the field is necessary in order to decrease bureaucratic barriers and improve the operationalisation
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
to follow include those relating to the healthcare sector and law and order, reports suggest. Apart from... of the VAT rate so that all food products and everything served in the catering sector have a 13 percent rate. With all eyes on what happens with the economy, the National Bank of Greece became the first
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Athens submits APS plan aiming to remove up to 30 bln of NPLs from bank balance sheets
EconomyBankingBrussels. The report adds that the government has received assurances from all four systemic banks... have to fall to below 10 percent in order for Greek banks to be competitive and in a position..., split across three portfolios. In the statements made by their CEOs, all banks were optimistic about
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Newsletter 220 -20/09/2019
received assurances from all four systemic banks that they will participate in the APS. Speaking in February, Czurda said that the NPE ratio would have to fall to below 10 percent in order for Greek... by 2.86 billion euros. As of August, ECB funding made up 100 percent of all Eurosystem funding
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
with the lenders have not concluded and it is not clear that all the promises made by the centre-right party... or electronically in order to qualify for the tax-free threshold. It remains to be seen if Greece’s lenders see... of deferred tax banks have on their books as guarantees for the transfer of all denounced loans
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ND unveils migration bill seeking to tighten up asylum process, speed up returns
PoliticsGreek Politicsapplicants of lying about their ages in order to get preferential treatment. “Even then, does a 15-year.... “No all these fears are valid, but they are not all baseless either,” he said. “We have to explain
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Govt proposes property VAT reduction to kickstart home sales
EconomyFeaturesThe government is taking measures to reduce the VAT on all properties built from 2006 onwards in order to kick-start the country’s stagnant property market. This would bring more than 100,000 unsold..., accounting for 65 percent of all permits granted. This was followed by Turkey (8 percent), Russia (7 percent
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OECD report traces change in public spending over a decade
EconomyFeatures). In Greece, the average increase was the highest of all with a rise of 75.9 pps in a decade. At the same... (+3.7 percent), public order and safety (+0.6 percent), environmental protection (+0.5 percent... of all funds for social protection were allocated to old age pensions, with the average coming to 10
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Government and local authorities reach impasse over migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politicsissued a condemnation of the emergency legislative order under which government sought to appropriate... asylum processing. In their statement, which was backed by all political parties with the exception...” such as the notorious Moria camp, during which “all dialogue had been exhausted”. He also stressed
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