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Over one in five Greeks struggled to make ends meet in 2017
Societyequivalent) regularly, taking a one week holiday away from home and owning a TV, washing machine, car... is therefore the first time in seven years that the rate has gone down rather than up, but still means that material deprivation in Greece is much higher than the European average. Broken down by age
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Mitsotakis applies pressure over MoU exit and name talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis summer. If bond yields do not settle down, there will be fresh calls for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras... an interview with Skai TV on Sunday. The opposition leader dismissed the government’s assertions about... to 20 percent, bring the ENFIA property levy down by 30 percent and drop the base income tax rate to 9
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Putting right everything that went wrong in Mati
Agoraof prevention measures (clearing dead wood and debris, creating fire breaks, knocking down illegal buildings..., the coalition picked a fight with Skai TV and radio (ending up in SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL... for spending cuts, which have gradually whittled down the fire brigade’s capability. Now that Greece
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Agora), play down the burden shouldered by much of Greek society, nor to ignore the dangerous cleavages... a soap opera playing out on their TV screens rather than a series of events causing real upheaval... pit for fanatics looking to strike each other down with a killer line or disarming data. No room
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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
consideration is bringing down the corporate tax rate from 29 percent to 26 percent. These were among... and middle class. In a live interview with Alpha TV on Tuesday night, Mitsotakis sketched out the plans he... to bring down taxation, saying he would create the fiscal space for this by making savings
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Newsletter 182 -9/11/2018
real estate and the lowering of the corporate tax rate. The latter is due to come down from 29 to 28... raised by the joint fund. In a TV interview on Thursday, Tsipras said that the state would be able... and public consumption growth is expected to slow down next year, before picking up pace again in 2020
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Tsipras maps out path to next elections via Prespes Agreement and possible confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut in a live TV interview on Wednesday, Tsipras explained what the implications of that meeting... his opposition to the Macedonia name deal, but at the same time not bring down the government... is not just stepping down from the Defence Ministry but also pulling his party out of the coalition
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Mitsotakis aims to pass key legislation in Sept if ND wins elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsand his chances of convincing the creditors to lower Greece’s fiscal targets. In a TV interview... it down to 20 percent) and the first wave of reductions to the ENFIA property tax. Mitsotakis has... is planning a slimmed-down cabinet, with no alternate ministers being appointed, with the exception
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Amid hiring controversy, ND focusses on new round of tax cuts in latest bill
PoliticsGreek Politics, but in the one submitted to Parliament, this was chopped down to 6,400 euros, marking a significant step back... his credentials were widely questioned. The controversy hardly tied down, though, as the pensioner claimed in a TV interview that he was appointed after personally speaking to Mitsotakis about
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Mistaking tolerance for a free rein
Agora. This is also evident in the issues that Greeks believe are dragging the country down. The top four... were just as bad, or worse. In the wake of the scandal, footage emerged of a TV interview... on the course, Diamataris put the discrepancy down to a mistake in the wording of what was written
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