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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agora. When one considers that Greece accounts for less than 4 percent of the eurozone’s total debt or GDP... retirement age was the same as in Germany, where most pensioners earn less than 800 euros (or 1,000 dollars) a month, where civil servants make up less than 20 percent of the workforce and where public
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Newsletter 407 - 12/01/2024
. Companies in the food sector saw their EBITDA increase by more than 50 pct to 718.5 million euros, while... to pass will allow foreign universities to set up local branches, rather than allowing private... at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that more than 400 million
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
into account the currently applied haircut of around 45 percent, liquidity of more than 5 billion... on year (YoY), slightly worse than the preliminary figures released on May 13. The breakdown revealed... kind of firm in non-compliant countries or ones that have more preferential tax rates than Greece
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No late rally for Tsipras
Agora. Rather than a barnstorming performance to round off a bitterly-fought contest, Tsipras delivered a rather... was delivered, also later than scheduled. It was another huge disappointment for SYRIZA voters. The ruling party went into Sunday hoping to get more than 25 percent of the vote, aiming to limit New Democracy
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
severe and will take longer to overcome than Greek authorities initially anticipated. The twin threats... in any opinion poll coming to power more than two years ago. It is the first time ND’s rating has... saw support for the two main parties drop by a combined 5 points, appears to be centre-left KINAL
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Athens taking nothing for granted as it waits for talks with Turkey to resume
PoliticsForeign PolicyPortuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva in Lisbon last week, Cavusoglu said that “at this moment... comment in Lisbon which took over the EU’s presidency as of January 2021. As a result, Greek
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Newsletter 454 - 07/03/2025
and towns saw the largest protests held for several decades in Greece last Friday, marking.... Greece last saw these yield levels in June last year and has been firmly on a downward path... billion euros of bids from a diverse investor base, with 270 accounts participating and more than 80
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April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased by 1.27 billion in April, showing a monthly rise for the first time since December 2013, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline figure stood at 61.96 billion at the end...
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Increase in number of services that saw their turnover decrease in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomyThe evolution of turnover indices for the services sector showed a worsening performance in Q2 2014, with 10 out of the 14 types of services, or specific activities of services as they are referred to, posting a negative growth, according to the Helleni...
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Almost all services in Greece saw decline in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomyThe evolution of the turnover indices for the services sector showed a further worsening in the third quarter (Q3) of 2014 with 12 out of the 14 service activities recording a drop, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). In the preced...
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