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Industrial production up by 22.5 percent in April after last year's lockdown
EconomyMacroeconomy. According to the latest business survey for May released by the European Commission, industry... at 9.1 points. In addition, Markit’s PMI for May rose to 58 points in May from 54.4 points in April
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Building permits jump by 42.9 pct in March, from year-earlier start to lockdown
EconomyMacroeconomyare also related to private building projects. The latest confidence indicator for May released by the European Commission showed that the construction confidence indicator dropped in May by 7.2 points..., compared to May last year, construction confidence has shown an impressive recovery of 74 points
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Govt views pandemic window as opportunity to advance contentious reform agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the urgency behind the announcements may be driven by worrying signs anticipating the tapering of pandemic support measures. Unemployment figures from May suggest that the number of jobless rose... may keep the virus around longer than governments would have liked. The opening of the borders has
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Newsletter 303 - 02/07/2021
following the lockdown that was introduced in mid-November last year and it was only relaxed in May... Ministry budget execution bulletin for May showed on Monday. The budget primary balance was confirmed... of 7.49 billion euros up to May last year. For the current aggregate period, the budget balance
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June CPI rises by 1 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomya marginal rise of 0.1 percent in May, according to the latest data by Hellenic Statistical Authority...-on-month, the CPI for June rose by 0.9 percent. Up until May’s reading, the CPI had remained consistently... by 0.6 percent YoY in June. Compared to May, the HICP increased by 1.2 percent. In June
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Athens waits to be convinced of Ankara's willingness to talk
PoliticsForeign Policydiplomatic sources confirm. All diplomatic channels may have been restored between the two sides... Tripoli. All these cases are seen by Ankara as models for its talks with Athens that may lead... that Turkey has changed its attitude or its ideas.” Regarding the issue of whether the two sides may
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Industrial production up 8.8 pct in June, continues annual recovery from 2020 lows
EconomyMacroeconomy, from a 14.1 percent rise in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Monday... and the economy was gradually regaining its footing after the sharp shock in the months of May... in May. The annual movement in the index was led by a 19.4 percent increase in electricity supply
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Athens ponders impact of Turkey's role in Afghanistan
PoliticsForeign Policyhave a dual goal: To stress its regional role by showing that Turkey may succeed where the West has... may attempt to address the challenge through agreements with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries... to Greece in May. However, the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and the success of the Taliban’s
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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the education portfolio. Tuesday’s statements by the government spokesman may signal an attempt to take... on campuses – another controversial measure ushered in by Kerameus – may be seen as an attempt to de-escalate what may otherwise have been a rocky start to the academic year, and focus on the challenge
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Serbia’s road to collective immunity: A tale of two realities
Agorathe most successful weapon in overcoming all kinds of diseases. He may have thought - what would have... and subtracted, and he would always come up with not at all encouraging numbers. He may have naively surrendered... vaccination, although it may not always seem that way, cannot tell him what to air on his programme. Nor
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