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Podcast - Lost at sea: The Pylos shipwreck and its aftermath
AgoraOn the night of June 14, a fishing boat called the Adriana, packed with hundreds of migrants who had paid traffickers to get them from Libya to Italy, sank in the deep waters of the Mediterranean... tragedies of its kind ever witnessed in Greece and Europe. What makes the Pylos shipwreck such a standout
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Athens takes stance on peace in Ukraine, faces stalemate in relations with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy, such as last Wednesday’s signing of a delimitation agreement between Cyprus and Lebanon. The deal makes... to propose a five‑party forum - comprising of Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, and Libya - to facilitate
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Newsletter 372 - 03/03/2023
period, makes this a less likely scenario. The need to juggle the distinct possibility of repeat... latest research in which Greece’s growth estimate for this year is significantly revised from the 1 pct... outlook for 2024, with the estimate doubling to 4.2 pct, from 2.2 pct in January. The improved growth
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Newsletter 416 - 15/03/2024
, whose party is polling in the single digits, makes sense in the light of recent polls suggesting.... The Finance Ministry's estimate was missed by less than half a percentage point and was subject... households. The growth estimate of 2.9 pct included in this year's budget puts the finance ministry's
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Newsletter 91 - 07/10/2016
, which is below the programme target of 3.5 percent of GDP. In addition, the fund’s estimate.... The corporate tax rate has changed seven times in the past decade. This frequency makes any...-free threshold for citizens was reduced to 8,636 euros this year. But even this level makes
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Feb budget primary surplus confirmed at 840 mln, as revenues overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first two months of 2022 was confirmed to be a surplus of 840 million euros, compared to a deficit of 1.5 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution d...
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Primary budget deficit at 1.69 bln euros in Q1 as tax revenues continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 came to a deficit of 1.69 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 3.41 billion euros in the same period last year, according to the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data re...
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March budget primary balance short of target, but taxes continue to overperform
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance for the first three months of 2022 was confirmed at 1.65 billion euros, compared to a deficit of 13.4 billion euros during the same period last year, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released...
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Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsdiscussion at committee level was due to begin on Wednesday. PPC workers’ union, GENOP-DEI, is opposed.... SYRIZA sees this as an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with GENOP-DEI, one of Greece’s
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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreatening the strikers with arrest if they did not return to work. Their union, GENOP-DEI, announced... to end the protest. This swift move to nip GENOP-DEI’s action in the bud seems to have been due
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