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  1. Greece leads way in cutting spending on healthcare, finds OECD
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    Greece made the biggest reduction in its healthcare budget of any OECD country between 2009 and 2011, cutting spending by more than 11 percent, according to a report published on Thursday. The OECD’s , Health at a Glance 2013 report shows the efforts that have been made to rein in expenditure

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  2. Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the agency’s problems had become a “gordian knot” that needed cutting. Mitsotakis... and failing to state its objections clearly. Criticism also came from SYRIZA’s former defence minister

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  3. Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018

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    that cutting pensions now would also be damaging for the economic recovery as it would take money away from... that cutting pension spending by 1 percent of GDP from January, a few months before the general... for the self-employed, cutting the VAT rate in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent before

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  4. OECD sees 3.3 bln euros of savings Greece can make by cutting red tape

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    The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report on May 15 identifying 3.3 billion euros worth of burdensome regulations in 13 sectors weighing on businesses each year. Over three-quarters of these costs accrue in three...

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  5. Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality

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    of a compulsory leg and a conditional one. Greece has committed in advance to cutting the personal... of expansionary counter-measures of equal value. These measures consisted of cutting the base tax rate... growth with business-friendly policies, but also plans to raise 2 billion euros from cost-cutting

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  6. Androulakis presents vision for fairer Greece in response to PM’s tax cuts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ,” accusing Androulakis of railing out dated populist measures that would saddle Greece with over 4

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  7. Post Office branch closures spark internal revolt in ND as voter scepticism grows
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government’s plan to shut down 204 branches of the Hellenic Post (ELTA) has triggered a full-blown rebellion within New Democracy, with MPs railing against the decision in a marathon teleconference that exposed deep fractures in the ruling party. Over 90 lawmakers joined the five-hour session

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

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    found that cutting VAT and personal income tax helped raise consumption levels, but also led to greater imports, which do not contribute to economic growth and job creation. In addition, cutting... to Greece’s future long-term economic growth found that raising foreign direct investment (FDI

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  9. Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    tax for the self-employed, cutting the VAT rate in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent... that the fiscal space for his measures would be created by cutting spending in the public sector largely... the government over its handling of the Mario camp on Lesvos and for failing to talk about safe borders. He

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  10. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

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    . The government strongly insists on increasing revenues rather than cutting costs (i.e. pensions... of preferences is a near impossible task. It is made more complicated by the fact that the IMF sees cutting... other interventions (such as lowering replacement rates), while also raising social security

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