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China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
AgoraThis is the final of three articles in which the author analyzed China’s investment, lending... numerous policy challenges for countries engaging in or seeking to benefit from its implementation... railway links (e.g. Moscow – Kazan), providing lending to Russian banks and engaging
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agorasince 1950 and presented long-run scenarios through 2100 for growth, employment and unemployment... the long-run baseline scenario. This will allow us to compare the new path to that of the book of 2019..., and that it place this budget in a long-run context or scenario. This scenario could
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Newsletter 49 - 30/10/2015
Three pending issues Government and quadriga have yet to agree on some prior actions After the three-day trip by the quadriga mission chiefs to Athens on October 21–23, the first visit since... (increasing by 25,000 euros for each child) and with an annual income up to 35,000 euros. The quadriga has
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Gov't lowers tax-free threshold, prepares for third pillar of measures worth 1 pct of GDP
EconomyProgrammedepartures in 2018. Summing up, from the third pillar of measures yielding 1 percent of GDP by 2018, 0.25
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Newsletter 291 - 02/04/2021
of the plan. The aim of plan is to mobilise 10.4 billion euros under this pillar once the private funds.... Of the four pillars, the other pillar where the government aims to bolster the grant funds by harnessing private capital is in the Private Investments and Economic Transformation pillar. Here
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Defence agreement, views on Turkey attract most interest during Pompeo visit
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkey’s activities in Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Turkey Pompeo sent what Athens saw... of the S400 which is of a particular interest for the US. Upgraded role? The debate that has begun
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Newsletter 357 - 04/11/2022
by MEPs may yield more results than the limited inquiry carried out by the Greek Parliament, which saw... as it will attempt to build its narrative in the run up to polls. Most emphasis has been placed so far... that, contrary to recent reports, Intellexa – the Greek vendor of the Predator malware – has not left Athens
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Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023
the tax bill also saw the new parliamentary group made up of the 11 MPs who quit SYRIZA recently make... difficulties, which saw prices drop by 40 pct and construction investment plumet. Private spending was affected... up by immigrants in the run-up to the debt crisis. Combined with the 11,500 fewer workers
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds
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Banks saw asset quality and liquidity trends improve in Q4 but process interrupted in 2017
Agoraon lower government guarantees’ expenses (related to pillar II bonds) coupled with increased usage of cards
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