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Tsipras confirms Parliament will probe contentious Novartis bribery claims
PoliticsGreek Politics. The committee will have 21 members (10 SYRIZA, 5 New Democracy, 1 PASOK, 1 Golden Dawn, 1 KKE, 1 ANEL, 1 Union of Centrists & 1 To Potami), with the governing coalition being represented by 11 MPs, who
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societystable At the end of the adjustment programme, Greece committed to a replenishment ratio of 1:1... the ratio had been as low as 1:5 (one hire for every five departures), transitioning to 1:3 in the final... the creation of new permanent posts outside the 1:1 ratio on the basis that they would result
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The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27
Agoradestruction.”[1] The public sector never goes out of business, no matter how inefficient it is. If it runs... then plotted an index (2001-Q1=100) for employment in the public and private sectors. Figure 1... employment has grown or declined in the public and private sectors since early 2001. From figure 1
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Where is Odysseus? Part 3 - Participation
Agorais described in a book on the macroeconomy of Greece.[1] But, shortly underway, the Covid-19 pandemic... population (the “active” population vs the “inactive” population). Figure 1 below sets the stage... for the EU27 as a whole (the dotted line in figure 1). Here we see that the average EU27 PR
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Budget sees Greece outdoing peers with 1.8 pct growth, 0.7 pct primary surplus in 2023
EconomyMacroeconomyseen in the draft budget last month, and ahead of the recent forecast by the European Commission of 1... by 1.5 pct, after rising by 0.2 pct in 2022. Exports growth is also at a moderate 1 pct, after a 9.7... billion euros, in 2022. Interest payments increase by 1 billion euros, to 6.13 billion euros, or 2.7 pct
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Tracking Greece's fiscal performance
Agoratime. Figure 1 shows the overall fiscal balance over 10 years through 2022-Q2 as reported by two key... are calculated on what is called a “modified cash basis,” the dashed line in Figure 1. This means... at the time when these have an economic impact (solid line in Figure 1), even if the budget cash impact
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Where are the Conservatives?
Agora(only members with “cabinet authority”). A sample is presented in Table 1. This is not a scientific... (countries are organized differently), but the broad outlines are nevertheless instructive. 1... (Mitsotakis 1 and 2). 2. The average number of “cabinet” members, sometimes including state secretaries
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Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros will reportedly go towards reducing the country’s debt, 1 billion to reduce state arrears and 500 million will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1... contributions by 3.9 percentage points (2.9 for employers and 1 for employees), which will be effective
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A snapshot of Greek banks' ABS as ECB readies for next move
Economybillion, while Eurobank’s figure stands below 1 billion. In addition, they hold covered bonds (mainly... by Alpha and Eurobank at 3.6-3.7 billion, while Piraeus figure stands slightly above 1 billion... as collateral of uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds as of March 1, 2015. These guarantees amounted
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Greek travel receipts rise 9.1 pct in January as surplus doubles
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel receipts rose by 9.1 percent in January, after a modest increase of 1 percent..., up by 1 million compared to the 2014 figure, and direct tourism revenues above the 2014 level... Chairman Andreas Andreadis recently said that the euro’s drop against the US dollar to almost a 1:1
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