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  1. If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
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    Agora

    productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which

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  2. Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
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    Economy

    in 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned

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  3. Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Kyriakos Mitsotakis is sticking to his core themes of tax cuts and growth as Greece enters the final straight of a low-key election campaign that New Democracy looks set to win comfortably. The opposition party’s big lead in the opinion polls has even f...

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  4. Government focuses on safe evacuation as pressure from fires mounts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The pressure on the government over the handling of wildfires increased materially over the weekend as Greece experienced a record heatwave and thousands of tourists had to be evacuated on Rhodes as a blaze ripped through the island after burning for se...

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  5. Greek Jan-Apr primary budget surplus rises above 1 bln despite revenue shortfall

    Economy

    taxes beat the targets by 237 million. In particular, VAT retreated 4.4 percent in April and 1.8... million short of target. The former mainly reflects lower VAT on fuel by 382 million and the latter

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  6. Greek budget primary surplus at 3.57 bln by end of November, beating target by 691 mln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in the 11-month period is almost equally split between VAT revenues and consumption taxes, which decreased by 1.7 and 4.4 percent respectively. However, the MoF stressed that VAT revenues as well as excise

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  7. Greek tax rate hikes among highest in OECD countries, tax report shows
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    EconomyFeatures

    . Broken down by component, social contributions, VAT, taxes on goods and services and taxes on property... declined by 21.4 percent to 4.4 billion in 2016 from 5.6 billion in 2010. Social security... billion euros, a rise of 89.7 percent. VAT revenues showed an increase of 45.9 percent and rose from

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  8. Newsletter 208 -31/05/2019

    Newsletters

    achieved the highest primary surplus in the eurozone, reaching 4.4 percent of GDP, and the fifth... measures also included a series of reduction in VAT that include processed food, catering... and producers of goods following the VAT reductions. The economic expansion will partially offset

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  9. Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024

    Newsletters

    was to bring prices for consumers down. Mitsotakis added the government had decided to maintain low VAT... political commitments. In addition to the targeted VAT freeze, Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis... period, industrial turnover is down by 4.4 pct. On a monthly basis, turnover increased by 10.2 pct

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  10. Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024

    Newsletters

    Konstantopoulou’s Course of Freedom garners 4.4 pct, Yanis Varoufakis’s MERa25 2 pct and New Left, formed... tax on bank profits, reducing VAT on basic goods and reduction of borrowing rates, in line... taxes make 38 billion euros, VAT alone is 26.67 billion euros. Income taxes stand at 25.21 billion

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