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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agorathat the thrust of national energy policy has been to aggressively promote the use of natural gas... decision was made to introduce natural gas in the 1990s, Greece has diversified its sources of supply. Russia, once the dominant supplier, has seen its share of the Greek market trimmed to just under
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyand Bulgaria. It has also received strong support from Washington. Its completion has been a matter... company has asked for a 20-month extension, causing considerable annoyance to Sofia. In fact, Bulgaria has activated the clause of timely delivery which has led to penalties of around 90,000 euros per
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
AgoraPlan. We see that the Covid-19 downturn was unanticipated, but has been followed by a remarkable recovery in employment—exactly as the European Union, and Greece, have aimed to achieve. It has been... path than was envisaged in 2018, even though employment has risen above the path foreseen
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the centre-left opposition has accused them of dragging their feet and victim-blaming. In his... and was being “shown the exit door” by the country’s democratic majority. The government has been... brought. The PASOK leader has insisted that his briefing should take place through official channels
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Newsletter 365 - 13/01/2023
has only fuelled speculation that April 9 is the likeliest date. Although a substantial increase.... This is the second instance in recent months in which a New Democracy MP has been found in breach... to the surveillance scandal, an issue that New Democracy has been trying to put to bed ahead
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
weeks as the Tempe train crash has hurt New Democracy and lessened, although not wiped out.... Mitsotakis has reached out twice to PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis for a meeting, but the opposition politician has rejected his requests. In a scenario where ND fails to reach a parliamentary majority
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On monetary policy and inflation targeting
Agorasay 2 percent year-on-year (Y/Y) for the headline index of consumer prices (HICP).[2] Country A has communicated to the public that it targets the price level; country B has communicated to the public... low to meet the price level objective) through mid 2022. The price level has recovered to above
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New labour law set to cause friction, as surprise candidate launches SYRIZA leadership bid
PoliticsGreek Politics. In the SYRIZA camp, meanwhile, a new candidate has shaken up the leadership campaign with a surprise bid.... The government has been stressing that the legislation will introduce minimum protection for workers...” employment contracts. The provision allowing workers to hold more than one job at a time has also been
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Mitsotakis's wildfire narrative comes under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the opposition has nothing constructive to bring to the discussion. At the start of a cabinet meeting on Friday..., has been mainly to be blame for such extensive damage. The PM said that the government would... of the region in northeastern Greece affected by the wildfire that has ravaged the Dadia National Park
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Newsletter 404 - 01/12/2023
to his government’s tax bill, although SYRIZA has not been able to capitalise on the negative reactions as its focus has been on healing the wounds caused by the recent wave of departures from... a minimum levy on the self-employed and sole traders, which has caused displeasure among these groups
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