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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
and 20. Sharp rise in Eurosystem funding Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding saw its sharpest rise... she would lose control of the Bundesrat, the German Parliament’s second legislative chamber. In fact... impossible to control this narrative. In fact, the moralistic argument became a go-to excuse
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
accused of trying to control the private media. The amendment to the existing law, which now allows State... accusations against SYRIZA of it trying to exercise central control over the private and public sector... fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid in by workers plummet by 31.5 percent between 2010
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societyin the census for the first time in 2020 skews the picture slightly, however 2020 also saw a record... in by MoU-imposed restrictions on permanent hires saw governments resorting to temporary hires, leading... political favours. Secondly, while ND previously accused SYRIZA of “out of control” hiring, it has so
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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyactions in the East Med and Libya. The Greek government has many times since Tuesday tried to play down... replied: “when you're talking about Libya, we're discussing with President Erdogan, we're discussing... talked about that subject specifically — Libya and what's going on. We'll be talking to Russia
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Apartment prices up by 2.5 pct in Q4 and 1.5 pct in 2018 as property recovery solidifies
EconomyMacroeconomyto a revised index of 60.1 in Q3. Old apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices... apartments saw an average price rise of 1.3 percent in 2018 compared to a decrease of 1.2 percent in 2017. Properties up to five years old saw price increases of 2.7 percent compared to an increase of 2.5
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SYRIZA fractures further after direction shift as ND grapples with post-election scenarios
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe slow motion fragmentation of SYRIZA entered a new phase this week, after control of the former... earlier, saw a faction led by former ministers Pavlos Polakis and Nikos Pappas and former Attica governor Rena Dourou take control of the party apparatus and reverse a previous decision to support former
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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Athens presses Benghazi in bid to block ratification of Turkish–Libyan maritime pact
PoliticsForeign PolicyGerapetritis and Aguila Saleh, president of Libya’s Benghazi-based House of Representatives. The meeting formed part of Athens’ regular contacts with representatives of Libya’s de facto government... of Exclusive Economic Zones among Greece, Turkey, Libya, Egypt and Cyprus. During the meeting, Gerapetritis
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora, as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... architecture. For Greece, giving up control over its monetary policy meant it could no longer rely
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Newsletter 151 -16/02/2018
of Control and Pension Payments (ILIOS), which estimates pension payments on a monthly basis... as over five years old, saw their prices fall by 0.3 percent in Q4. Properties up to five years old saw also saw price falls at the same rate . Properties in Athens and Thessaloniki recorded price falls
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