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Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
Societyservice providers have scaled back operations, shut down, or reduced staff ; plans for development... in respondents reporting an inability to afford care, or to reach services because of distance. Mental health services have been seriously affected. Rapid socioeconomic change can harm mental health, unless
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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
Societythe current significant gaps in service provision, the objections to the closures raised... dropped by nearly two-thirds (64%) between 2010 and 2012, leading to marked reductions in services... effective replacement services in general hospitals or the community. “Despite high scores
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Q1 GDP contracts 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.4 pct YoY, slightly worse than flash estimates
EconomyMacroeconomyunemployment and turnover indices for the service sectors, which were not available at the time... and services fell at an accelerating pace by 3.3 percent QoQ and 11.7 percent YoY. The breakdown showed exports of goods grew 0.1 percent QoQ and 1.7 percent YoY, while those of services were
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Public admin shrinks by 11 pct during crisis, share of employment stays below EU average
Societyof the euro crisis (notably Italy and Spain) tend to have relatively modest public service... that restructuring efforts have left employment levels in public services relatively high in the Nordic countries... in the same period. However, in 2013 the number of people employed in Greece in so-called services
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Q1 GDP provides a positive surprise with 0.4 pct quarterly growth
EconomyMacroeconomy, as well as quarterly unemployment and turnover indices for the service sectors, which were... this year, after a marginal rise of 0.1 percent in 2016. Exports Exports of goods and services declined... that exports of goods rose by 3.4 percent QoQ and 4.4 percent YoY, while services’ exports contracted
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
for the self-employed, cutting the VAT rate in the food service sector from 24 to 13 percent before... by cutting spending in the public sector largely through the outsourcing of some services. He suggested... Tourism numbers boost services surplus for month’s strong performance Greece’s current account (C
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Greek government goes digital under lockdown, as more coronavirus clusters emerge
PoliticsGreek Politicsa digital prescription service, while remote medicine programmes are being rolled out across selected... been the acceleration of e-government and the provision of online services. While moving government... access to over 500 services and procedures which until now could only be performed in person
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What is the state of play with Greek banks?
Economyto transform Geniki Bank into a specialised bank to manage bad loans. Discussions with the official... with the official sector. Key event dates going forward involve: 1) the announcement of nine months
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Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger
Economythis gap, for which the ECB official did not give a figure. In November last year, Greece voted... billion euros would be needed to close the gap alluded to by the ECB official. This raises doubts about
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economy. The official sector, the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), injected to core banks 25 billion..., with the bulk related to ATEbank, Hellenic Postbank and Proton and had burdened the official sector before
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