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Podcast - Whose property? Greece’s housing challenges
AgoraAfter going through a really difficult time during the country’s long economic crisis, the Greek property market is booming, but that's creating a whole new set of problems. High rental and purchase prices are pricing out much of the local population as...
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Spotlight on challenges to labour productivity growth
EconomyMacroeconomyLabour productivity has been an ongoing challenge for the Greek economy even before the 2010 debt crisis and is set to become more prominent from 2028 as it will be one of the components of the formula that will determine the minimum wage. The current c...
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PMI remains in expansion at 53.1 in June, though firms see export and cost challenges
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI was again virtually unchanged in June at 53.1 points, from 53.2 in the previous month, according to S&P Global data released on Tuesday. The manufacturing sector continued to expand in June mostly thanks to domestic business, ...
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Manufacturing grows in Oct amid persistent export challenges and higher input costs
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s manufacturing PMI improved in October to 53.5 points, from 52 points in the previous month, S&P Global data showed on Monday. The upturn stemmed from stronger growth in output, new orders, and employment, with stocks of purchases returning to e...
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DBRS leaves rating unchanged at 'BBB', cautions about risks and challenges
EconomyDBRS has kept Greece’s credit rating unchanged at ‘BBB’ and the outlook remained stable. In March last year, DBRS upped Greece’s rating by one notch, a step above the entry rating of investment grade, and did not take any action in September 2025. The s...
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EU prosecutor challenges government’s narrative on corruption
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLaura Kövesi arrived at the Delphi Economic Forum this week at a moment when the government has spent weeks questioning the motives, methods and legitimacy of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). On Thursday, the EU’s chief prosecutor produce...
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Mitsotakis intervenes in EU migration debate as PASOK challenges wildfire policy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political temperature in Athens has risen sharply in recent days, shaped by three converging dynamics: the Greek government’s alarm over the crisis in Ceuta and the wider debate on “weaponised migration”; PASOK’s intensifying pressure on the governm...
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China's Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agorapiece places China’s activities in the region in the wider strategic context of challenges... in a region still characterized by economic and political challenges. The engagement includes multiple..., Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary pose challenges for EU Delegations, multilateral lenders
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Newsletter 428 - 21/06/2024
of the challenges in any process to unify the left/centre-left will be the leadership question. SYRIZA leader... challenges that are consistently, although not insistently, underlined by European authorities. The Commission draws attention to the challenges of the RRF whose complexities and the tight timeline risk
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Somewhere in the middle: Kosovo's delicate relations with the European Union
AgoraWestern Balkans countries. In general, Kosovo’s challenges in regard to its EU perspective could be categorised in three main domains: domestic, namely pervasive challenges in establishing a strong... non-existent in practice. This is because of the political challenges it poses for the EU, in light
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