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Fires cast growing shadow as new shipwreck probe is announced
PoliticsGreek Politicscontributions, the scrapping of the trade tax and other tax cuts. But these have been put on hold... earlier of a water-bombing plane that was involved in the effort to put out a wildfire on the island.... The extent of the environmental, as well as economic, damage inflicted by the wildfires (more than
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicswords were primarily aimed at MPs rather than voters. The only tangible announcement made by Samaras... tax would be 283 percent higher than in 2012, when it was raised from 60 to 330 euros per 1,000... that a new bout of political instability could put Greece’s fragile recovery at risk. He spoke
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IMF far more pessimistic than eurozone on Greek debt, urges significant relief
EconomyProgrammethereafter up to 275 percent in 2060 mostly due the anticipated high cost of market financing more than... it will not fall below a floor of 4.5 percent. Compared to the latest DSA put together by the eurozone... with weaker than expected policies resulting in lower primary surpluses of 1 percent of GDP
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Newsletter 236 -24/01/2020
Fiscal proposals put forward Athens uses visit for fifth post-MoU review as opportunity to set out... categories of pensioners who have more than 30 insured years of work. Another sensitive topic that reflects... the crisis. The banks are calling for more than 2 billion euros of state guarantees, otherwise
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Despite foreign policy concerns, New Democracy builds poll lead as opponents falter
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has risen to 25.9 pct, more than one point higher than the 24.8 pct it reached in May..., half a point lower than last month. Ultranationalist Greek Solution saw its support head south, from... as the general instability in the Middle East have put a spotlight on the Greek government’s handling
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policyis especially important as Russia continues to destabilise the region, especially in Libya,” Pompeo... than acceptable,” he said. Earlier on Monday, the United States and Greece issued a joint call... defence spending, the first for more than a decade, that was announced by Mitsotakis recently
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Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a precautionary credit line) rather than the measures that Greece will have to adopt to get there. The prime... Founta also going against her party’s position, which is to vote against the hopeful put forward
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Tsipras bet on recovery a long shot but offers better odds than snap polls
Agoradetermination to capitalise on SYRIZA’s plummeting ratings and to put voters on alert for any eventuality... to have no better political option than to proceed with the agreement and hope that he can ride
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Greek hourly labour costs less than half of eurozone average
EconomyFeatures, but had declined for youth and prime-age men. This was partially put down to increased opportunities... than 65 years for every 100 persons of working age (20 to 64 years). The ratio rose from 19.5
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