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  1. Accommodation and food services index up 7.6 pct in Q3
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    euros for 2014. Although all current indications point to another strong performance in 2015, the recent government proposal to double the hotel VAT rate to 13 percent, aligning..., whilst the negative effects will only be temporary. The ministry also stressed that all other measures

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  2. Greek digital economy lagging due to weak demand, lack of skills

    Society

    they are regular internet users, while 33% have never used the web, the latter figure almost double the EU... among all EU countries. “Greece needs to address its severe digital skills gap, as insufficient levels... voice or video calls (45%) or through social networks (64%). For all of these activities, engagement

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  3. A closer look at Greece's revised proposals to lenders

    EconomyProgramme

    and water. All the remaining products and services will be covered by the high VAT rate of 23 percent. 2) A special tax of 12 percent on all corporates with profits above 1 million euros payable..., the “parametric” proposals include double-digit revenues are expected from road worthiness tests

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  4. Greek stocks down by 4.8 pct during week for third straight fall

    Economy

    in the red throughout the week following strong double-digit losses. Alpha clearly outperformed all... on December 14. On the same day, the investability weight of NBG shares to all indices will change

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  5. Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
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    Agora

    in the third quarter. It was all supposed to be going so well that the government led by New Democracy’s... apparent that the volume and intensity of the austerity was stifling the economy and all assumptions... in double digits for several decades hence it is not credible to assume that it will be able

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  6. Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case

    Agora

    that has been peddled by all three at one time or another to suit their political ends. Having adopted... at the wheel. They managed to double the country’s public debt between 2000 and 2009, when it reached... justice system has failed to see all this after so many years is a great cause for concern

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  7. Greece's harsh social reality

    Agora

    marriages of all durations, the most marked rise was in marriages of more than 10 years, where... of income, which have seen the percentages of unmet health needs more than double to 19.7 percent... point to below 10 percent. The drop in spending across all categories has been precipitous since 2008

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  8. Newsletter 94 - 04/11/2016

    Newsletters

    that all sides are committed to finalizing the review as soon as possible. In its quarterly report... revealed on Monday. The downward trend is largely attributed to a double-digit decrease in vehicle fuel... rate, the weighted average rate on all new deposits edged down by 4 bps to 0.38 percent

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  9. Seven years of demanding the impossible in Greece
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    Agora

    and more than double what Blanchard had described as unprecedented almost seven years ago. The Greek economy has been burdened with 35.6 billion euros in all sorts of taxes on income, consumption, duties, stamps, corporate taxation and increases in social security contributions. When totting all this up

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  10. Greece remains in inflation for second straight month after CPI rises 1.3 pct in Feb
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    surged by almost 40 percent followed by double-digit rises in fresh vegetables (+21.1 percent.... In contrast, transport prices edged up 1.3 percent, while all other main groups and services recorded..., at a slower pace compared to the drop of 1.7 percent in 2015. All latest estimates point to a return

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