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Athens prepares final 2019 budget after green light to ditch pension cuts
EconomyProgrammeThe government is set to submit the final version of the 2019 budget to Parliament on Wednesday without the pension cuts that were pre-legislated in 2017 but with the so-called “positive” measures... if pensions were cut. The publication of the budget will also reveal how an apparent gap of 200-300 million
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agorathe pressure on governments to cut back on public spending or increase taxes. However, there is also.... This chafing exacerbated the crisis and set a negative precedent for dialogue and decision-making within
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
against the scrapping of their Christmas, Easter and summer bonuses which were cut as part of the terms... below the asking price which had been set by an independent consultant. No bids qualified
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Newsletter 201 -21/04/2019
was meant to have completed a specific set of reforms as part of the second post-programme review... of Greeks dislike the compromise he made with the neighbouring country, the SYRIZA leader has his work cut
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicstold ANT-1 TV. “I had said that pensions would not be cut and people doubted me,” he added... cheap borrowing, we have liquidity, we have the IMF set to leave,” he said. “Based on this, we can
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Banks focus on reducing NPLs linked to property
EconomyMacroeconomy, the bank outlined that they have set up two new committees for the management of non-proprietary real... details and how the new framework will be used. “The end-2018 cut-off point, the temporary nature
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ND defends plans for three-pillar pension system as SYRIZA looks for weak spot
PoliticsGreek Politicsoutlay on pensions, retirees would also be able to earn more. Taxes The ND official also set out... from 22 to 9 percent for those earning less than 10,000 euros, cut corporate tax from 28 to 24 percent
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Newsletter 212 -28/06/2019
euros, cut corporate tax from 28 to 24 percent (followed by a 24 to 20 percent reduction in 2021), bring..., and their activities in the next 40 days will set the stage for the rest of the year. The remaining three systemic
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturescommitments regarding the upper and lower ends of the income scale. Instead it leans heavily pledges to cut... of frustration that has already swung one set of elections and looks likely to swing the next
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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis is sticking to his core themes of tax cuts and growth as Greece enters the final straight of a low-key election campaign that New Democracy looks set to win comfortably... pledged not to cut any benefits if he comes to power and repeated his aim of establishing a "permanent
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