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Budget primary surplus of 2.28 bln in first five months of 2016, tax revenues beat target in May
EconomyMacroeconomy, which was significantly higher than last year’s figure of 1.51 billion, according to the Finance..., the headline figure shows an outperformance of 3.1 billion euros. This is largely attributed to a strong... above target. The strong performance in May fully reflects a strong rebound in income tax by 29.5
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
Societyprocess. Since the deal was put in place, less than 1,900 failed asylum seekers have been returned... trapped on Greece’s squalid island camps. No sooner had the directive been issued than the Greek... to more than one party shirking its responsibilities. Greece found itself at the sharp end
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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
is still more than twice the number of cases that were being reported last week. The committee’s... awaiting repairs could be put into service immediately. The claim was rejected by Infrastructure... Christos Staikouras last Friday. SYRIZA was reacting to the insolvency bill put before the House, which
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societystrong health outcomes despite spending less than many of its peers. But beneath the surface, troubling... people. That’s higher than the OECD average and signals growing concern over preventable and treatable..., with fewer than a quarter of adults indulging daily. Access to care Despite universal eligibility for core
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Greece bolsters ties with UAE, building on opposition to Turkish actions
PoliticsForeign Policystressed that the UAE was again deploying its air force in support of allies that share its strong... Dhabi’s strong opposition to these attempts was reiterated this Wednesday, November 19, in a joint... law. The two sides urged Turkey to abide by international law and put an immediate end to its illegal
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PM focusses on fairness of tax bill, leaving limited space for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. The solution put forward involves taxing self-employed earners on a minimum notional income... have been strong from the self-employed, who represent a strong political constituency. The Finance..., Mitsotakis told MPs that tax evasion is a “wound” and that his party has been elected to put right
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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
and, consequently, slightly upped the relevant rates for those with more than 25 working years... drop in the number of refugees and migrants reaching Greece last week, with less than 100 arrivals one... challenges for the coalition in this respect: the first is to put in place the necessary conditions
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There's always next season
Agoramore than seven hours. Much of the time was taken up by arguments about unrelated issues... progressing from this point onwards. In fact, the whole debate looked backwards rather than forwards... of the referendum and serves as a reminder of much worse things could have become. The arguments put forward by both
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Whether an "early" or "clean" exit, it's the same old story for Greece
Agora, this time with a mandate to implement the third MoU rather than to rip up the second, as was the case... and the return of growth. The SYRIZA leader hopes to leave this as his (positive) legacy rather than... territory when the third MoU ends on August 20. While putting asside more than eight years
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoradepartures, rather than forced returns, which are seen as a last resort. In 2018, the Netherlands... for Migration (IOM). Also, fewer than 2,000 people have been returned under the terms of the EU-Turkey... recently argued that Greece is facing a migration, rather than a refugee crisis, which has created
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