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Growth treads water as PM targets relief for households
EconomyMacroeconomy, the focus has been on young taxpayers, below the age of 30, and families with more than two children... by 650 euros after the tax reform. The problem that the authorities are facing is the grim state... 2.1 pct of all taxpayers have more than three children. Close to 73 pct have no children at all
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agorato suggest that Greece’s deficit was inflated so it was bigger than Ireland’s, triggering an international.... The Irish problem was in the financial sector, Greece’s was predominantly fiscal and macroeconomic... in the build up to Greece turning to the eurozone and the IMF for a bailout is far more sinister than just
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Greece sizes up task of restructuring corporate debt
Economybillion euros is less than half the figure of 42 billion recently disclosed by BoG governor Yannis... management of the problem via standardised procedures in an effort to find a solution at systemic level rather than to just intervene at micro level. The workshop concluded that such exceptional cases
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Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case
Agora, but not for the reason that he suggests. Rather than an unresolved mystery that conceals... to bankruptcy but also for the small-mindedness that subsequently exacerbated the problem. Among... their eyes and acquaint themselves with the facts rather than rely on the speculation of politicians
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Athens aiming to step up diplomatic contact with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policyaiming to inaugurate a new phase of Greek diplomacy which could be summed up as: “dialogue is better than... said. He noted two pre-conditions: That people in FYROM understand that Greeks do not have any problem... handling of this could be more difficult than talks themselves. Tirana negotiations It is also evident
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Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
PoliticsForeign Policya diplomatic problem that has lasted more than 25 years. Kammenos has recently said that if the Prespes... will respect this decision” – as long as more than 50 percent participate in the referendum and the result...), which is opposed to the deal. ANEL spokesperson accused Kotzias of trying to create problems
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Getting to the church on time
Agorause of property rather than from the beleaguered Greek taxpayer’s pockets. Even using the vacated... long-term plan about how to address deficiencies in the delivery of public services rather than.... The problem, though, is that the conservatives are adamant that nothing needs to change in terms
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Parliamentary report highlights demographics challenge and urges immediate action
Societyis still much less than the 2008 level, which came to 4.5 million in employment. “The overall..., several sources sounded the alarm on the problem of Greece’s shrinking population. The country’s... recession”. As a result, in 2015 Greece’s fertility rate was 1.33 children per woman, lower than
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R&D and innovation remain low in Greece, OECD finds
EconomyFeaturesand improvements in financing for firms. Although R&D spending has increased, it is still lower than most OECD... than scientific activities. Regarding barriers to innovation, firms most often report that they have.... Further compounding the problem is that Greece suffers from a significant brain drain of talented
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoralanguage’ rather than the dialect of the island. According to Iakovos Polylas - Solomos’ first... and to a certain extent it is legitimate. The problem starts when the prevailing narrative in a State presents... than two decades as a judge in international courts, Rozakis expressed doubts over whether the EEZ
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