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Greek retail trade turnover index declined by 3.7 pct in December
EconomyMacroeconomypercent) followed by food, beverages and tobacco (-6.6 percent) and furniture, electrical... and footwear by 2.2 percent and pharmaceutical products and cosmetics also by 2.2 percent. Retail turnover has
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agora, this time mostly depending on the revenue side, with 6.6 billion euros coming from various tax increases... billion euros. (Table 2.2). Greece’s programme started going off track early in 2011 when it became... (Table 2.2, in Greek). This meant that in three years, Greece implemented close to 40 billion euros
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Newsletter 135 - 13/10/2017
of GDP this year and 2.2 percent in 2018, hitting the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2019... that although the IMF believes the primary surplus will reach 2.2 percent of GDP in 2018... production index (+6.6 percent) and the manufacturing production index (+3.1 percent). In contrast
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Newsletter 226 -01/11/2019
points for 2021 and 2022, meaning the new goal will be between 2.2 and 2.5 percent, close to what... dropped by 6.6 points to 26.3 and the construction confidence indicator rose by 5.8 points to -50.4.... into positive territory by 0.8 percent after a revised decline of 2.2 percent in July. The current positive
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Newsletter 466 - 13/06/2025
growth rate in Q1 came to 2.2 pct, which is in line with the Finance Ministry’s growth projection... by a more modest 0.7 pct YoY. Total exports also grew by 2.2 pct YoY, while imports also rose by 2.4... by 6.6 pct and hotels and restaurants also had significant rises of 6.8 pct. Housing also soared
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policycountries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including... for the first time a high-level meeting on Libya on November 12, in Paris. Greece had been excluded twice from
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Govt unveils affordable housing scheme, but struggles to shunt wiretapping aside
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros of EU funding to renovate properties that are currently lying empty so they can be rented
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