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Coalition picks out positives from lenders' deal, clashes over political violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens would not have to reduce the tax-free threshold a year earlier than planned, along...-measures agreed last year as it is expected to reach its primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP
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Capital controls eased, allowing larger withdrawals and doubling limit on business transfers abroad
EconomyMacroeconomyand is double the amount that was previously permitted. Towards the end of last year, the Bank of Greece (BoG..., first in September and then in November of last year with a focus on facilitating business
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomypreviously, despite the encouraging start of the first quarter that the economy grew by 2.3 year on year that the Council notes is the highest since 2008. Whether the economy has enough momentum
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politics. Athens issued a five-year bond in July 2017, followed by a seven-year bond in February. There had been
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Coalition hails multi-bill as start of clean break, opposition sees more of the same
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the out-of-court workout and a switch from next year to a one-out-one-in hiring policy..., EFKA, produces a large surplus this year, the government may be able to re-examine the cuts. New
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Despite debt deal likely falling short, IMF to retain a role in Greece
EconomyProgrammeby confirming that the new “objective” property values will be used to calculate this year’s ENFIA tax.... The ministry said that 1,470,962 taxpayers (23 percent) would pay less property tax this year than
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Privatisation projects gather pace as Athens targets 2 bln in revenue for 2018
EconomyProgrammeto 221 million in the year to date. The MTFS anticipates privatisation proceeds of 2.03 billion euros... of the major projects scheduled for this year. The divestment of several lignite units moved a step
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Fourth review nears conclusion, clearing path for debt relief agreement
EconomyProgrammeeuros a year. Another relatively straightforward measure is the return of the profits eurozone central... a billion a year) and will probably be linked to certain reforms. The exact amount
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Industrial turnover rises by 6.7 pct in April for fourth positive reading
EconomyMacroeconomyto be at an all-time high. The PMI for May came to 54.2, completing a full year where the index has... dipped by 0.3 points month-on-month to -1.5, negative once again. In the year so far, industry
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Name deal set to be key factor in determining lifespan of SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics) will take at least until the end of this year, giving the Greek coalition some time to think about how... Tsipras to bring the deal to Greek Parliament around May next year and to then use
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