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  1. Latest Tempe report kicks off political storm as government claims vindication
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    opposition parties. On Tuesday, a report by a team at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA... not suit its narrative, and of cherry-picking elements of the NTUA report which back its story

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  2. ND directs fire at PASOK over Tempe as ruling party’s MPs grumble over land decree

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of Athens (NTUA) into the causes of the blaze which contributed to the deaths of some of the 57 victims... Pavlos Marinakis argued this week that “PASOK is more exposed than other parties” after the NTUA report

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  3. Newsletter 326 - 28/01/2022

    Newsletters

    , reducing VAT on basic goods and increasing the minimum wage. KINAL focussed on the abolition... polled by Reuters had been expecting it to drop to 4.4 pct, from 5 pct in December. The range of HICP... to Eurostat, from 4.4 pct in December. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in December by ELSTAT was 5.1 pct

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  4. Newsletter 475 - 12/09/2025

    Newsletters

    designed to boost compliance. Remote islands will enjoy extended 30 percent VAT cuts, and nearly... Mitsotakis’s own policies stoked, and of ignoring VAT cuts on basic goods that would have delivered... for not implementing lower VAT directives, his opponents pounced on what they call arrogance and a rigid refusal

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  5. For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
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    Agora

    As Greece stands on the cusp of exiting the third, and final, of its painful bailouts, there is a discussion about the terms under which it is exiting and how they compare to the conditions that were on offer the last time the country was close to the M...

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  6. Mandatory e-payments come into force as Greece seeks to boost card use further
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    EconomyFeatures

    to combat tax evasion and boost VAT revenues. Paying by card has historically been unpopular in Greece..., and the consequences in terms of bringing in more tax revenues, especially VAT, were clear. According..., the share of private consumption spent using payment cards was around 4.4 percent between 2010-2015

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  7. Budget execution improves significantly in Oct, primary surplus reaches 4.53 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 14.3 percent to 2.19 billion euros with VAT up 10.6 percent to 1.46 billion and consumption taxes soaring 31.6 percent to 654 million. VAT revenues in particular reached 1.46 billion in October from 1-1.1 billion in the preceding two months and reflect the quarterly VAT payment for the majority

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  8. Bank of Greece warns of dangers in failure to reach deal with lenders
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    does not allow for safe projections about the future course of the economy. Since the biggest problems..., the report revealed that in the December 2014 – March 2015, 4.4 billion euros were sent abroad

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  9. PM looks for positive news amid growing voter despondency

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    dropping to 5.4 pct from 6.4 pct, and SYRIZA shedding almost two points, from 4.4 pct to 2.6 pct. Undecided...’s argument that he represents the safe option and are in search of an alternative, which may take

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  10. Iran war creates turbulence for Greek tourism outlook
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    EconomyFeatures

    perceive the Mediterranean as a single, homogenous region. The “Safe Haven” branding Greece has... of 4.4% of GDP. However, Greece’s status as a net importer of oil makes it more vulnerable

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