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Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsto complete the set of measures needed to raise another 1 percent of GDP in revenues from income tax... it did not yet reach an agreement with the creditors. The government wants to set the tax-free threshold
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Gov't unveils bill to overhaul pension system, increase income tax revenues
EconomyProgrammepercent weight). The social security contribution rate for main pension is set at 20 percent, of which... Gaming Revenues (GGR) for all gambling companies is set at 35 percent. This rate was previously at 30
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Hopes of swift deal on contingent measures doused by technical, political complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsin ministry’s budgets would be enough to meet the target set for the stand-by measures. There have also been... Athens to set out exactly what interventions it plans to make (as well as developing an automatic system
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Compromise emerges on liberalisation of NPL market
EconomyProgrammewhich a property belonging to an unmarried owner cannot be sold has been set at the so-called objective... will be set at 20,640 euros for a couple with two children. In addition, the borrower should also
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EU progress on Turkish visas gives Athens hope of low refugee arrivals
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek concerns that slow progress in the European Union’s liberalisation of visas for Turkish citizens might undermine cooperation on the migrant issue are set to be allayed this week. Reuters reported on Sunday that the European Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that “Turkey has broadly
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Delays in concluding programme review are credit negative for Greece, says Moody’s
Economy. S&P has the highest rating for Greece, a ‘B-’ that was set on January 22 this year, while Fitch’s rating stands at ‘CCC’ where it was set on August 18, 2015.
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
for the downturn. 2 The pulse of Europe Selfless Europeans have set the bar high in supporting refugees..., these selfless Europeans have set the bar high and are challenging their politicians to make the leap
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Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsto legislate an extra set of specific fiscal measures now. The automatic mechanism will have... to the guidelines they set out last summer, which is that financing needs to be kept
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Greek tourism: Hopeful yet uncertain for 2016
EconomyFeaturesthe added complication of a refugee crisis. Finally, Greek lawmakers are eyeing a new set of tax... hike from 23 to 24 percent and a levy on overnight hotel stays. With the tourism season proper set
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Multi-bill details how Greece aims to raise 1.6 bln from indirect taxes
EconomyMacroeconomyThe multi-bill tabled in Parliament on Wednesday evening included a set of parametric fiscal measures yielding around 1 percent of GDP that completes the 3 percent of GDP in fiscal interventions that Greece has to make by 2018 as part of the first programme review. The bulk of the latest set
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