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With June EU Council looming, ND clarifies stance on North Macedonia and Albania
PoliticsForeign Policyand Tirana do not lose sight of EU membership. It is very clear for the current Greek government.... ND officials with very good knowledge of the party's foreign policy strategy firstly reject any... an agreement that has been ratified by the Greek Parliament," one source says. The same source also
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturespercent solidarity contribution for the very highest earners). According to one version of the plan... of a compulsory leg and a conditional one. Greece has committed in advance to cutting the personal... above the threshold would also be generous, making for a very costly package. The alternative
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Athens turns attention to Libya, advocates EastMed energy cooperation
PoliticsForeign Policyto the Eastern Mediterranean region as well as North Africa. One of the most significant elements that yet..., such an ambitious plan has one significant pre-requisite: the stability of the region. But on the other hand, it enhances Greece’s arguments against Turkey. The very same issue was raised by the Greek premier
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Newsletter 393 - 15/09/2023
victories.EconomyEconomic and fiscal clouds blown in with Storm DanielApproximately one week since Storm Daniel hit... reaching its pre-storm productive capacity, if at all. The region provides one of the few plains... that will include some one billion euros set aside from support in the affected areas. The state budget
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
Societyto implementation”. To return to the issue of firefighting planes, which is just one of many: In 2007, according to one of the most detailed reports on the subject, Greece was already equipped with the largest... of prevention and suppression of fires. Among its many observations is one which seems pertinent
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Mitsotakis argues there is no alternative as SYRIZA officials push Kasselakis out
PoliticsGreek Politicsearlier this year. A one-off levy on oil refinery profits will finance a handout of up to 200 euros... that will carry an interest rate that is half the regular commercial one. Another 400 million euros off RRF funds will be made available to provide loans of up to 20,000 euros for as many as 20,000
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Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015
only one-third of the 49 prior actions required for the disbursement of the next bailout subtranche... reports claim that the quadriga’s proposal would protect less than one-fifth of indebted households... but that none of them have been approved by the quadriga. One alternative measure under consideration
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A macroeconomic assessment of the Cypriot economy after the haircut
Agorahigher. Indeed, a fall in the long-run saving rate has likely been one of the major effects... policy, the Cypriot economy will likely have to go on with a much lower saving rate for a very long... are amplified by the fact that the Cypriot economy has been chronically characterised by a very high
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Have inflation "repay" Greek debt and growth reduce indebtedness
Agorato Greece’s budget would be very limited. Put differently, such a haircut would be the least attractive...: “We are indifferent as regards a haircut if (a) we don’t have to repay those loans for a very, very... whereas in actual fact interest will never get paid. One could, for example, set an adequately low
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Delay to final tranche over island VAT as lenders quash talk of pension cut reversal
EconomyProgramme. “That was one of the 88 prior actions, and after the last Eurogroup that measure was taken.” Prime... and Samos. “We all know that the amount is not very big – it’s 28 million euros. We do have...-eight million euros is a very thin line,” he said. In fiscal terms, the delay is not a blow
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