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Greece, lenders tie up some loose ends and continue negotiating
EconomyProgrammediscussions. However, the thorniest issues including, pension, tax-free threshold and labour market... a sharp reduction in the tax-free threshold and cuts in main pension yielding savings of 1 percent of GDP each. On the tax front, the institutions favour the tax-free threshold to be lowered to 5,900
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Tsipras clears hurdle but isn't over finishing line
AgoraMinister Euclid Tsakalotos had once said he would resign rather than reduce the tax-free threshold... or to dampen the impact on low-income earners as far as the reduction in the tax-free threshold... interventions on the social spending front to come, such as increases in housing benefits, more free school
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SYRIZA looks towards bailout finishing line and beyond
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the pension cuts and the lowering of the tax-free threshold, which were voted through Parliament..., with the reductions to pensions due in 2019 and the lowering of the tax-free threshold lined up... The IMF has even suggested that the reduction to the tax-free threshold should be moved forward
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
the government is the pension cuts and the lowering of the tax-free threshold, which were voted through... of GDP, with the reductions to pensions due in 2019 and the lowering of the tax-free threshold lined up for 2020. The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the reduction to the tax-free
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Newsletter 299 - 04/06/2021
Cavusoglu visit free of drama Positive mood during Turkish FM’s Athens talks; new insolvency..., which was free of the verbal clashes that marked the Greek diplomat’s recent visit to Ankara... on improving confidence-building measures. Cavusoglu's trip was free of the verbal clashes that marked
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Piraeus snaps up share in MIG to complete series of corporate moves
EconomyBanking. Recent developments represent a significant turnaround as in early 2007 Piraeus abandoned a bid to acquire Marfin Popular Bank. Then, the two sides agreed that neither would launch a bid for each other’s
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DIMAR imploding and leaving gap in Greek center left
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty members. The DIMAR leader made one last bid to rally his party by writing this week to a range.... While PASOK responded positively to Kouvelis's bid, centrist To Potami rejected it. Some 300,000
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The targets and deadlines in Greece's privatisation programme
EconomyProgrammewill be updated on a semi-annual basis. b) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP) and Thessaloniki (OLTH... betting giant OPAP submitted the highest bid of 40.5 million, whilst HRADF invited OPAP to execute
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Final list of bidders confirmed ahead of contentious auction for TV permits
PoliticsGreek Politicstheir cases. The two interested parties that gained a chance to bid for the permits are Dimera, which... of companies that will bid for the licenses, with the government asking for a minimum of 3 million euros
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
Agorastated bid to bring a new ethos to Greek broadcasting, the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks government... to provide a letter of guarantee for 8 million euros, be able to bid at least 3 million euros
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