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Coalition bolsters unity in face of opposition pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicstook their decision after ANEL indicated it would not back two pieces of draft legislation. One... said it would previously vote against. One ANEL MP, Kostas Katsikis, continued to express... by Tsipras is thought to be one of the reasons that the leftist party’s MEP Kostas Chrysogonos
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Wolfgang at the door
Agorais concerned. Limitations With regards to the political limitations he faced in Germany, one has... is not the time to be bold in decision-making and to shape public opinion, when is? At one point... the idea of Schaeuble as a Europeanist when one contrasts the fortunes of his country with other
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Greek population among highest for poverty risk, Eurostat survey shows
SocietyDay for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17 showed that Greece has one of the highest... to the EU, one of the Europe 2020 initiative’s targets is to reduce poverty by “lifting at least 20... from 20.1 percent in 2008. Translating as roughly one in five people, Greece had the seventh highest
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Athens, creditors on way to settling energy, labour issues in third review
EconomyProgrammespring’s stress tests. The smooth running of the e-auctions will also remove one of the biggest... on a strike from one third to 50 percent. This means that the other issues the Labour Ministry has... are due to be discussed on Friday. HRADF advisers One potential complication that has emerged
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Newsletter 142 -1/12/2017
Sfakianakis, was the one who advised the Greek ambassador in Riyadh that Papadopoulos was not authorised.... One of the key moments of the week came on Wednesday, when the first electronic property auctions were..., that will increase the quorum for first-degree unions to vote on a strike from one third to 50 percent. One potential
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Despite cuts, pension system still at risk due to old-age dependency
Society68. Greece in contrast is one of five countries along with France, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Turkey... of GDP spending on pensions is significantly higher at around 15 percent. Greece also has one..., but Greece is one of several countries where the rate drops to less than 3 percent. Greece is also
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Coalition hits some turbulence but expects cohesion for multi-bill vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsaway, and with just one more inspection from the institutions to undergo before the summer... in participation from the one third of members which is currently required means that the government knows... review has been concluded and it is likely that Zouraris will be one of the ministers removed from
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Newsletter 147 -19/01/2018
the government finds itself and what they can expect in the months ahead. One of the key concerns within... percent of GDP, or around 3.5 billion euros. This is one of the reasons that the possibility... the Hellenikon project, one of the most closely watched privatisations to come out of Greece and which
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Spending on pensions down by 30.9 mln in December
EconomyMacroeconomyindividuals in December 2017. From the total pension claimants, roughly 1.2 million receive one main pension, 796,000 receive one main and one supplementary pension and around 211,000 also receive..., while just one percent are under 25 years old. It should be noted that the youngest category of pension
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Newsletter 153 -2/03/2018
Corporation (PPC) lignite-powered units, which was one of the items discussed, will be ready... in August. One potential point of friction between Athens and the lenders is the implementation... were outstanding. One was settled last week, when the Council of State approved the plan
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