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  1. FDI, rather than tax cuts, holds key to stronger growth rates - study

    EconomyFeatures

    . Raising the retirement age would put more people back in the labour force, but increase unemployment and put pressure on wages and salaries. The report’s main finding was that such fiscal measures would not be enough to raise GDP, reduce debt and put Greece on a sustainable long-term growth path

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  2. New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    surplus targets being reduced from 2021 onwards. Kathimerini reported that Athens aims to put... forecast which put it at 2 percent, and the institutions and foreign banks which put it at 1.8-1.9... that a formal request regarding the primary surplus targets would be put to the Eurogroup in the first

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  3. Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020

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    the government to plan how it will ease the restrictions it put in place several weeks ago. The government has put together a special task force focussing on ways to reopen the tourism sector... structural reforms and the privatisation plan have been put on hold due to the virus, while Prime

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  4. SYRIZA ponders election footing, slow vaccination rollout rate troubles govt
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    party processes and put together a manifesto so as to be prepared for what they see as a likely... in 2019 has been held in suspended animation by the pandemic, which put on ice key internal processes... by ND would put governing firmly out of its reach. Vaccination programme Monday saw the launch

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  5. Growing challenges await PM following summer break

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    contributed to the ruling conservatives being put on the defensive and the unfurling of their policy... primary surplus this year. It is a pledge that Mitsotakis does not want to put at risk, particularly... needs to win a second term. Saying that, SYRIZA’s prevaricating over who to put forward

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  6. Government concludes Tempe inquiry, turns attention to Thessaly reconstruction

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with farmers to discuss the plan that is being put together..., as Mitsotakis referred to it, was put together by Dutch firm HVA International, which was invited to assess... is put into action. HVA’s study and proposals will be used as roadmap, he said. The government is hoping

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  7. Dead fish in Volos cause big political stink
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Daniel, as well as criticism locally of the central government’s response. Kouretas was put forward... up in the bay. Although Volos port has been put up for privatisation, the damage caused by last year... expectation is that it will not be put to tender until the first quarter of next year as around 5 million

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  8. Opposition parties jostle over criminal charges for politicians in connection to Tempe
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on the railways due to a failure to put in place and maintain adequate safety standards. It makes reference... to smear the government, in a statement put out by party sources which attempts to pick apart the arguments put forward by PASOK. The conservatives say they are studying the evidence submitted

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  9. Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and a strong showing from him will boost the Neofascists ahead of the European vote. Election rules means... Piraeus, where its candidate Vassilis Michaloliakos is facing a strong challenge from Yiannis Moralis... a strong presence in local politics so to have a candidate - and a young woman at that - in the second

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  10. Increase in car sales accelerates to 44.3 pct in September

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the May to July readings, which exceeded the 10,000 mark. Following the strong performance... recorded in 2008. Market sources indicate that the strong recovery in car sales within 2014 is mainly attributed to improved consumer confidence, strong tourism leading to increased Rent-a-Car fleets

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