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  1. Clock ticks on bailout review but big gaps remain between Greece, lenders

    EconomyProgramme

    corporate loans and non-primary residence mortgages. An agreement on the sale of the remaining NPLs... interventions, which still require parliamentary approval, relate to the increase in the income tax rates

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  2. Range of issues unresolved as programme talks resume in Athens

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    -residence backed mortgages. Privatisation Fund The creation of the new privatisation fund appears... pending issues relate to the increase in the social security contributions for supplementary

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  3. Greek ministers still hopeful of reaching deal with creditors this month

    Economy

    of the pending issues relate to the transition period for the protection of primary-residence backed

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  4. Negotiations between Greece and lenders: state of play ahead of Eurogroup meeting
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    EconomyProgramme

    from sales until the end of 2017 the primary-residence backed mortgages across all lending segments... largely relate to an increase in indirect taxes. Apart from the fiscal measures, another key issue

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  5. Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
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    Society

    residence permit.” Paraphrasing a SYRIZA slogan used by the minister, “dreams don’t have borders... noted that the majority of those cases relate to second-generation immigrants born in Greece

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  6. Overseas ballots in spotlight as govt accelerates voter enrolment campaign

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ’ countries of residence. The changes in the law relate to the mechanics of voting rather than the franchise

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  7. Unemployment unchanged at 25.6 pct in Mar but number of employed still falling

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate remained unchanged at 25.6 percent in March, following the upward revision of Ferbuary’s figure, according to the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT). The March headline figure is the third equal lowest reading since July 2012. However, the non

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  8. New regime on electricity producers from RES/CHP stations foresees further investments in Greek energy market

    Legal

    of differential increments and tendering (feed-in-premium). The new regime is based on the development of a new support mechanism for the operation of RES (operating aid), which provides a premium in addition... market. The incremental increase was adopted on a station category level (sliding premium

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  9. When the refugee crisis met the bailout review

    Agora

    After weeks of dancing around the issue, it seems that Greece and its lenders have started, even tangentially, to link the refugee crisis and the pending bailout review. So far, publicly the Greek government has not sought to establish a connection betw...

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  10. Draft budget sees stronger growth, fiscal targets being met
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Finance Ministry (MoF) tabled on Monday in Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee the 2018 draft budget, which contains its fiscal estimates as well as the underlying macro assumptions. The MoF expects that the improvement in economic confidence du...

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