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Newest Greek market foray for 10-yr bond breaks two records
EconomyMacroeconomyaccumulating 22 billion euros of offers in less than two hours. Given the strong momentum, the book was officially opened with a guidance of mid-swaps plus 105 basis points, 5 basis points lower than... more than what was initially planned, with the transaction closing formally just before 5:00 pm UK
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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agorapartisanship. The borders were much more porous for illiberal democracy and populism than for the import... much livelier than the debate, based on analysis, on how the existing agreements are being... and implementing that vision, we should rely more on the use and support of what we have at our disposal than
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PM tightens lockdown, braces for economic and political impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat, despite recent criticism, his government’s record in dealing with Covid-19 has been better than..., to combat overcrowding on public transport and its decision to hire more policemen rather than spend... of the year, making it clear that the government had already dug deeper than it expected. The latest
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Unemployment drops to 15.8 pct in December, lowest since February
EconomyMacroeconomyemployed if the duration of their contract suspension is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent of their salary. The data showed that there were 24,332 fewer unemployed people... with 2,338 more hirings than people leaving their jobs. Compared to the same month last year
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Newsletter 290 - 26/03/2021
to the government’s plans. By Thursday, there were more than 700 patients with the coronavirus in ICU... of threats and recriminations after a call for 200 volunteers yielded fewer than 70. Some private... than people leaving their jobs in February, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system
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Newsletter 293 - 16/04/2021
and Resilience Plan. He argued that SYRIZA’s plan would cost less than 6 billion euros and would help get... three months, lower than the target by 733 million euros, or 5.5 percent. The full revenue breakdown... euros, lower than the target by 1.55 billion euros, or 8.3 percent, mainly due to expenditure
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ND courts youth vote with targeted pandemic relief, recovery schemes
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan older age groups with the direction that the country is heading in. Such findings, along... are not traditionally viewed as a significant force in elections, and generally show lower turnout than ND’s traditional constituency of older voters. They could, however, have a bigger-than-usual impact
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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
. For instance, the alcoholic beverage industry in Greece employs more than 30,000 people and, under normal circumstances, contributes more than 1.5 billion euros to the national economy. Most of its sales... stands at little more than 60% - towards the lower end of the EU scale. It is also just 47% for those
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Greece prepares for next stage in Covid relaxation as tourism hopes hang in balance
PoliticsGreek Politics-related deaths recorded on Monday, a slightly lower daily figure than last week. Almost 2,000 new... have received at least one dose of the vaccine and more than 11% of the population has been fully...,” rather than “green” list on Friday. This requires travellers to go through a 10-day self-isolation
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
for Greece that the UK put the country on its “amber,” rather than “green” list last Friday. This requires... not listened to the discussion. Gerapetritis argued that Greece is vaccinating at a faster rate than any... in April The core index fell by 1.6 pct, less than March Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell
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