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Greek govt gears for final Eurogroup of 2019, hoping for better terms
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government has set its sights on the last Eurogroup of the year, hoping..., with long-term growth prospects set at just 0.9 percent. At this rate, the Fund calculates... the institutions on loosening the primary surplus targets set out in the debt relief agreement. The SMP
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Newsletter 229 -22/11/2019
the way for the Eurogroup to release the second set of debt relief measures worth 767 million euros... tax package put forward by the Greek administration will not set the agreed targets at risk... GFN-to-GDP threshold, set by the Eurogroup at 20 percent, in fact staying below 15 percent of GDP
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Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"
EconomyFeaturesof natural gas for heating and electricity has been in progress since the 1990s and is set on a path... survey thought it was important for the government to set ambitious renewable energy targets... emissions targets, the plan still falls short of the cuts set out by the IPCC as necessary for climate
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Pension bill to be unveiled as govt prepared for fifth post-MoU review
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis week and even though the upcoming review is set to be less stressful than previous ones.... The government has set a goal of 2 percent, but could be content with a 1 percentage point reduction... new pension bill, which is set to be put to public consultation this week. Speaking to Sunday’s
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Newsletter 236 -24/01/2020
Fiscal proposals put forward Athens uses visit for fifth post-MoU review as opportunity to set out... review allowed the Greek government to set out its proposals on the fiscal front and in turn secure... government to set out its proposals on the fiscal front, where it hopes to gain more space in the months
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More fiscal measures lined up as Covid-19 seen shaving up to 0.9 pts off 2020 growth
Economyincreasingly gloomy about the impact of the coronavirus. The legislative act for the first set... paid leave for working parents. The government is working on a second set of measures to present... that the danger of growth coming in below 2 pct this year as opposed to the 2.8 pct set out in the budget is now
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ND to unveil more economic support as coronavirus restrictions are extended
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is gearing up for the announcement of a new set of measures to help struggling businesses as the lockdown looks set to stretch well into April. It was confirmed over the weekend... on Monday a new set of support measures aimed at broadening the scope of businesses and employees
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey pre-paid, a measure for which the government has set aside 1 billion euros as it tries to boost.... A new set of measures controlling people’s movements could be announced this weekend, according... for over-65s, according to some reports. The traffic police are also set to have a greater presence
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Roadmap leading out of lockdown pondered by ND as SYRIZA takes aim at media
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is set to announce by April 27, when many of the current restrictions on movement are set to expire, its plans for starting to lift the lockdown that has been in place since... the lowest in the EU. Also, the National Centralised Procurement Agency (EKAPY) has set up a digital
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
plan on the recommendations made by the committee of wise men led by Nobel Prize-winning Greece is set... and employment. It repeated its previous estimates that GDP is set to shrink by between 8 to 9.8 percent... of hotels are set at 1.66 billion euros. Applications have been submitted for programmes
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