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Newsletter 246 -03/04/2020
billion. One-off financial support, consisting mainly of the 800-euro stipend for employees... until the summer. One factor that the government will have to watch out for is how broadly..., and 23.9 percent were “quite” pleased. Significantly, Mitsotakis drew one of these two responses
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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
Legalinsurance. 2. Subsidized Guarantees for Bank Loans One of the most important instruments under... corresponds to the one applicable to State guarantees. The reduced interest rates may be applied... States can evidence the non-marketability of the risk if one of the following two conditions is met
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Officials monitor new Covid-19 outbreak, extend school closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsof tests was still being expected on Friday. One of those who fell ill is thought to have come... and Asylum Policy Giorgos Koumoutsakos admitted this week that a large outbreak at one of the centres... concerned. The threat of an outbreak at one of the island camps is what worries ministers most. Any mass
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IMF expects difficult year for public finances, PBO highlights impact on labour force
EconomyMacroeconomyeconomy. PBO The PBO sees four transmission channels of the pandemic: One from the supply side... within 6 months, one of medium speed taking about a year and slow recovery of 2 years... spends one of the lowest GDP percentages on health overall at 4.7 pct but has one of the highest
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Govt looks for formula to re-start tourism as calls intensify for support of entertainment sector
PoliticsGreek Politics, making Greece one of the first countries to do so. He also committed to providing government support.... The challenge at the domestic political level is one of managing expectations in the industry..., if there is sustained evidence of containment of the virus. Entertainment Entertainment has emerged as one of the areas
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European Commission's travel guidance brings some optimism for Greek tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politicscountries, as well as the formation of “travel bubbles” such as the one agreed among the Baltic states. Bilateral travel agreements are one of the main planks of Greece’s post-pandemic tourism strategy... of Macedonia found that one in two respondents was against opening borders to visitors from all
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Greek-Italian sea borders, EEZ pact ties up loose end but also carries wider significance
PoliticsForeign Policyuntil Tuesday) agreement on delimiting the continental shelf between Greece and one of its... agreed minor adjustments to the 1977 agreement. One significant element is that the new agreement... them. The next significant agreement will be the one with Egypt, even if this may include a limited
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
Democracy approaches one year in power. An opinion poll published on Wednesday suggests that the government... areas. Carried out by Aboutpeople for the News247 website to mark one year since New Democracy came... to a range of risks. The greatest one is posed by a second wave of the pandemic, which could lead
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
AgoraOne hot day in the summer of 1847, 19-year-old British soldier William Mills decided to take a dive..., one would expect that there would be more space in the national debate for views like the ones... of large sections of the media. Is that surprising? Not really. One can easily trace similar patterns
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Moody's upgrades Greece to 'Ba3' on back of reforms, warns of tricky period ahead
EconomyIn an unexpected move on Friday night, Moody’s upgraded Greece’s credit rating by one notch to ‘Ba3... scale and is just one notch behind Fitch’s. Fitch is two notches below investment grade, while S&P... Greece’s investment profile, which is one of the lowest in the EU. The agency highlights
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