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Leaving Greece's annus horribilis behind
Agoraimportant entry point for all kinds of refugees and migrants from different parts of the world. Equally... discussions during the first half of 2015 have gradually been replaced by a new set of threats, namely
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Gov't submits reform plan that raises contributions and cuts future pensions
EconomyProgrammecompared to the current pension system. 8) The upper pension limit is set at 2,300 euros and at 3,070... for the supplementary funds increases by 1 percentage point (pp) to 4 percent for employers and by 0.5 pp
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
selling point of the current plan is that it avoids immediate further cuts to existing pensions... the conditions for such change. Each requires a different skill set. Finally, the belief that someone
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorais a point of reference for an international audience, it is also something that occurred almost 30... that someone cannot do both but it should be clear that each requires a different skill set. Finally
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The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
EconomyProgrammesystem, as set out in the pension reform proposals submitted to the institutions last week. However... increase in the social security contributions by 1.5 percentage point (1 for employers and 0.5
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Gas provides Greece, Cyprus and Israel chance to bolster ties
PoliticsForeign Policy). Apart from the energy sector, the joint declaration signed by the three leaders set out a path... and Turkey, others claim that the turning point came a couple of years earlier, when gas fields were
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First days of talks confirm gap between Greece, lenders on pensions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTwo important developments emerged from the first set of negotiations between the Greek government and the visiting mission chiefs as part of the first bailout review, which began on Monday... for increasing the social security contributions for supplementary pensions by 1.5 percentage points (1 point
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Gov't proposes easing impact of pension reforms on self-employed for three years
Economy, which is reduced by 1 percentage point for incremental income of 1,000 euros. Thus, for annual.... The income ceiling was set at 55,000 euros, where the proposed discount stands at 5 percent. The Ministry
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgramme, when the court rejected OPAP’s appeal and a ministerial decree was signed that set the payment... point to a primary surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP versus a target for a primary deficit of 0.25
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
percent contraction it foresaw in its flash estimate on February 12. The reported figures point... set aside, thankfully. Instead, Athens’s focus has mostly been on its belief that it is living up
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