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Athens and Ankara face bumps in the road as they prepare for political dialogue
PoliticsForeign PolicyDeputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is due to visit Ankara on March 11 for the second round of Greece’s political dialogue with Turkey. Her talks with her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar are also designed to prepare the visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Turkey in May
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Greece and Turkey edging forward with political dialogue
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece and Turkey plan to take the next steps in their political dialogue on 11 March. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou will meet her Turkish counterpart Burak Aksapar in Ankara to assess the most difficult issues on the agenda. However, Athens does not expect any substantial progress
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Greece and Turkey launch latest round of talks, building up to Ankara visit by Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign PolicyMonday’s meeting in Ankara between Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akçapar signals the beginning of a new round of talks between Greece and Turkey within the framework of the political dialogue that was agreed last year by Prime Minister Kyriakos
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Greece and Turkey move ahead with talks on Confidence Building Measures
PoliticsForeign PolicyDelegations from Greece and Turkey discussing Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) are due to meet at the Ministry of Defence in Athens on Monday. The delegations will be led by ambassador Theocharis Lalakos and Turkey’s deputy foreign minister Burak Aksapar, respectively. High-ranking military
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Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s total tax revenues as a percentage of GDP remained virtually unchanged at 33.5 percent.... In absolute terms, personal income taxes made up 20.6 percent of total taxation below the OECD average of 24.5 percent. In contrast, taxes on corporate income to GDP fell from 2.1 percent in 2011 to 1.1
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Pension outlay still falling, 40.4 pct of main monthly payments below 500 euros
EconomyMacroeconomyon a monthly basis, showed that a total of 4.5 million pensions were paid in September 2018. The total sum..., with a corresponding fall of 21.6 million euros in pensions amounts paid out. Out of the total number... using Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures. Around 1.1 million main pensions (40.4
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H1 bank results show performance stabilising, laying ground for further improvement
EconomyBankingof the year compared to H1 2018. In total, the bank’s profits in H1 came to 25.7 million euros, down... million euros. Eurobank reported a YoY drop in PPI of 3.4 percent, bringing the total to 398.6..., taking the total to 594 million. Eurobank’s net fee and commission income rose by 13 percent YoY to 156
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Newsletter 250 -11/05/2020
, bringing the total figure to 271 million euros. The equivalent figure for the same time last year was 739 million. A decline was also noted in local governments, where the total fell by 17 million... (+1.1 percent YoY) to stand at 18.45 billion euros. Arrears to the private sector (including tax
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Govt banks on uptick in vaccines over coming months aiding return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsa total of 1.62 million vaccines (1.1 mln Pfizer, 450,000 AstraZeneca and 70,000 Johnson&Johnson..., the death toll of 79 announced by the National Health Organisation (EODY) was the highest daily total this year. This took the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 8,532. Also, 4,309
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Greek 2016 draft budget contains 6.4 bln in new fiscal measures, sees recession ahead
EconomyMacroeconomyis attributed to the delay in the payment of two property tax (ENFIA) instalment of a total amount... interventions agreed in the context of the last MoU. The total fiscal impact stands at 6.38 billion... a total of almost 4 billion in the 2-year period making up 62.4 percent of the anticipated fiscal impact
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