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China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraappropriate to consider China as a complement to, rather than a substitute for the countries... viable medium- to long-term. Ports and energy pipelines appear easier to monetize than thermal power... on a report by the author which he provided as a consultant to the European Bank for Reconstruction
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A virus is spreading across China, but so is the demand for transparency
Agorabe predicted. At the time of writing (end-January 2020) more than 60 million people across cities in China had... is a futile attempt to delay the inevitable. If more than 60 million citizens are currently affected... economic analyst and financial sector consultant, based in Athens, Greece Jens Bastian
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Parties hope to set tone as they start unveiling election candidates
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeans that ND’s parliamentary group will be refreshed. Of course, the party will elect fewer MPs than..., in the upcoming elections if they can connect with voters. The poll of more than 4,000 people found that 36 pct... University hematology professor Grigoris Gerotziafas, and robotics consultant and software
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agorahad in mind something completely different than the Greek government. When all the pieces are put... the IMF is demanding (legislation of more than 2 percent of GDP in contingency measures that include... would approve a new deal. Rather than suggesting that Greece’s problems would be over if the IMF
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Piraeus Bank sells first real-estate backed NPE portfolio worth 1.95 bln
EconomyBanking. The final price was rumoured to be equivalent to more than 20 percent of the portfolio's nominal value..., and will lead to the bank’s NPE ratio falling by more than 100 basis points. Upon completion... by more than 30 billion euros by the end of 2019, so it falls to below 65 billion euros. According
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicstimes over the past few years when he appeared to shape foreign policy based on his beliefs rather than... that the souring of relations with Russia was a route chosen by Kotzias rather than Tsipras. The prime minister... in the months to come than it has been over the previous few years.
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Eurobank posts Q1 net profit of 70 mln
EconomyBanking, Eurobank said that fewer of its loans turned sour than it expected in the first quarter, as pandemic... is coming from low new NPE formation, significantly better than expected.” Asset quality The stock of non... million euros, which the bank said was less than expected, while provisions over NPEs were 61.9
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Six in 10 Greeks earn less than average salary of €1,022 in private sector
Societyand grosses less than the average salary in the private sector. These are the general characteristics... than 1,022 euros a month, the average salary in the private sector, according to separate data from the country’s largest insurance fund IKA-ETAM. In 2013, the number of employees earning less than
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More than half of Greek households rely mainly on pensions
Societyhouseholds in 2015. Last year’s figure was slightly lower than the record 52 percent recorded in 2014 but almost ten percentage points higher than the 2012 share of 42.3 percent. Of those households... at less than 10,000 euros. The outlook for 2016 remains similarly negative, with seven in ten Greek
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Q1 GDP contracts 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.4 pct YoY, slightly worse than flash estimates
EconomyMacroeconomy. The headline figure is slightly worse than the 0.4 percent QoQ contraction in the flash estimates released... in Q4 2015. Today’s figure for Q1 is slightly higher than the -1.3 percent released in flash estimates... reflects a nosedive in disposable income by more than 30 percent. This is attributed to a sharp rise
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