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Deadly collision throws spotlight on government’s migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politics, with Shipping Minister Vassilis Kikilias putting the blame for the incident on people traffickers
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PM hails hydrocarbon deals as win for energy security and geopolitical standing
PoliticsGreek Politics, accusing the government of putting its own image above the national interest. The leftists reminded
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Greece leads way in cutting spending on healthcare, finds OECD
SocietyGreece made the biggest reduction in its healthcare budget of any OECD country between 2009 and 2011, cutting spending by more than 11 percent, according to a report published on Thursday. The OECD’s , Health at a Glance 2013 report shows the efforts that have been made to rein in expenditure
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agorapercent over two years, scrapping the trade tax for the self-employed, cutting the VAT rate... that comes with being in office. If we take the scientific definition of populism (pitting
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OECD sees 3.3 bln euros of savings Greece can make by cutting red tape
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report on May 15 identifying 3.3 billion euros worth of burdensome regulations in 13 sectors weighing on businesses each year. Over three-quarters of these costs accrue in three...
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politics, “pitting one (disadvantaged group) against the other” and “stoking a civil war” between these groups.
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsor face being suspended from work without pay would cause too much disruption and would risk pitting New
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Revival of Mitsotakis-Tsipras rivalry points to future developments on political scene
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s growth model, pitting a centre-left agenda of wealth redistribution and targeted public
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
that cutting pensions now would also be damaging for the economic recovery as it would take money away from... that cutting pension spending by 1 percent of GDP from January, a few months before the general... for the self-employed, cutting the VAT rate in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent before
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesof a compulsory leg and a conditional one. Greece has committed in advance to cutting the personal... of expansionary counter-measures of equal value. These measures consisted of cutting the base tax rate... growth with business-friendly policies, but also plans to raise 2 billion euros from cost-cutting
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