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Greece seals deal with EU, IMF on austerity plan
Greece has won the consent of a team of EU-IMF inspectors for its new five-year austerity plan on Thursday after committing to an additional round of tax rises and spending cuts, sources with knowledge of the talks said. "We have a deal," said one of the sources. Another source close to the negotiations said that a few remaining technical details would be finalised on Friday. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos announced on Thursday Greece's Socialist government would lower the minimum threshold for income tax to 8,000 euros a year, increase the tax on heating oil and impose a one-off solidarity levy on income of ... (full story)
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