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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
of measures substantially lower than 3.6 billion euros. Following this, Athens also wants the creditors... the target by 342 million, a performance largely attributed to higher than expected revenues (by 340... million lower than target, respectively. Specifically, revenues (before tax refunds) rebounded
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Greeks full of contradictions on ideology and political beliefs, study suggests
Societybelieving “socialism” to be a more positive term than “capitalism” while, at the same time, espousing...” was more important than “equality”. This proportion was replicated among SYRIZA voters, some 30... in ten believing that the country needs “less public sector”, Greeks are generally more liberal than
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Report reveals just 0.4 pct of taxpayers owe 85 pct of total tax debt
EconomyMacroeconomyof taxpayers (3.61 million). Those taxpayers owe less than 3,000 euros each. It is also worth noting that 2.39 million taxpayers (55.4 percent of total) owe less than 500 euros each. In contrast, just 16,290 taxpayers (0.4 percent of total) owe more than 300,000 euros each for a total amount of 78.79 billion
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Govt tables 2018-21 MTFS containing 4.5 bln in measures, sees growth rising from 1.8 pct this year
EconomyProgrammepercent, lower than the recent IMF and European Commission (EC) forecasts of 2.2 and 2.1 percent... percent) higher than that for imports (+2.8 percent). For 2018, the MTFS assumes a faster GDP rebound of 2.4 percent, which is lower than the IMF and EC estimates of 2.7 and 2.5 percent respectively
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Newsletter 122 - 09/06/2017
and taxes by 1.59 billion and 573 million, respectively, more than offsetting a rise in social... was reduced by 900 million quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 103.9 billion, 1.3 billion lower than target... by the banks, while the remaining are almost equally split between exposures past due for more than 90
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Five-month budget primary surplus confirmed at 1.84 bln, beats target by 790 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyunderspend, with primary expenditure coming in 791 million lower than target. The monthly primary... outperformance of 386 million. The latter resulted mainly on the back of higher than expected indirect... period to 3.06 billion, 36 million higher than target. At the same time, privatisation proceeds stood
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Parents main source of income for most young Greeks
Societyin society. In political terms, young Greeks emerged as more left-leaning than their parents... the job market, the young people surveyed still came across as more optimistic than their parents in some... worse off than their parents. Of the parents asked the same question, 55 percent thought
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Fires latest obstacle to coalition's momentum-building efforts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan three days in the area of Kalamos, north of Athens. The Tsipras administration also said... greater than the 1,500 hectares Tsipras had suggested was affected when he visited the area on Wednesday. In fact, the SYRIZA leader highlighted that the level of damage was much less than in 2009
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China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoramodernization. These projects form part of regional, rather than country-specific initiatives that Chinese... railway initiative. For both cities, such a project has been on the agenda for more than a decade... rhetoric than substance. China is only at the beginning of a much larger engagement in the region
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Survey reveals working lives, job-finding trends of young Greeks
Societyof men working while studying was higher than that for women, and Greek citizens were notably more likely to work during their studies than non-Greeks. Age was also a factor: 29.1 percent of those... percent said that they wanted to work rather than study, 13.2 percent were put off by the difficulty
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