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  1. Nearly half of all households still rely on pensions for income, survey shows
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    still reported having at least one unemployed family member, and one in ten reported having at least one family member who left Greece to find work. On the other hand, the study also recorded.... Furthermore, one in three households said that they got by without much difficulty compared to one

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  2. A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
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    of structural reforms. One of the most significant breakthroughs, however, came in its tax administration... institutional capacity, was in a dire state, or stuck in the 1930s as one official told you. Based... is rudimentary and superficial at best. Your book underlines that Greece went almost from one end

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  3. PM offers vision of stronger post-pandemic Greece, as ND reaps approval in polls

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    Ministry spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras reported 31 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 2,145, and one...”. Rounding off on one of his favourite themes, the prime minister said he hoped that the crisis would... by an Interview poll. One in four respondents in the Interview poll said they were in favour of the lockdown

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  4. Many obstacles to clear in Greece's digital leap
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    but also compared to its immediate neighbours in the Balkans. Connectivity One of the factors holding... to the “Digital Reboot” report, one in three Greek SMEs uses no digital tools whatsoever, and one in four... put in place one of the most state-of-the-art government Cloud services systems starting in 2014

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  5. Greece's EU journey: Solidarity hard to come by, but two-way approach also lacking
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    the first European elections in 1979, Schmidt called for “a Europe of solidarity, where one country... questioned to “describe in one word the EU today” 33.5% of the participants say, “lack of solidarity... in the Union. Some recent examples could justify this. One of the main concerns currently

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  6. Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires

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    to implementation”. To return to the issue of firefighting planes, which is just one of many: In 2007, according to one of the most detailed reports on the subject, Greece was already equipped with the largest... of prevention and suppression of fires. Among its many observations is one which seems pertinent

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  7. Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
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    the resurgence of infections in Albania, the narrative practically writes itself. On the one hand, when... tourist season was over. It also extended curfew by one hour, and reiterated its mask mandate in indoor... that Albania was one of the firsts in the Western Balkans to begin administering vaccines. In a sense

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  8. Awaiting the magic wand that will end the pandemic
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    not happened yet. Currently, 46.30 percent of the population in Croatia has been vaccinated with at least one... of Freedom". The last one lasted as long as four hours and was held on the central square of Zagreb... and misinformation about the virus and vaccination. Among other things, one could hear that the vaccine

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  9. Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19

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    for the general government net real capital stock—one for Greece and, as a comparator, one.... · The euro-19 countries have seen their capital stock remain relatively stable to GDP. This means, on the one... the range of 40-60 percent of GDP that is common in OECD countries. One of the authors has worked

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  10. S&P moves Greece closer to investment grade, puts focus on budget and growth
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    S&P on Friday night upgraded Greece’s credit rating by one notch to ‘BB+’, while the outlook was revised from positive to stable. Greece is now just one notch away from securing an investment grade with S&P. At ‘BB’, Fitch is one notch behind and two from investment grade and Moody’s at ‘Ba3’ one

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