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Newsletter 313 - 22/10/2021
optimistic than initially thought. It seems that if the revenues continue to surprise positively, as they did in the latest budget data for September that beat the target by more than 900 million euros... of the population is on the rise. More than half of Greeks are above 50 years old. Challenges were also
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Worrying Covid data forces ND to take tough policy decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto a year ago but the lower than expected uptake in vaccinations, the absence of other precautions...-time high for the daily number of infected people since the pandemic started. More than 400 patients are currently intubated. There were also more than 1,100 Covid-related deaths in October. This surge
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Newsletter 321 - 17/12/2021
, if there are more than 400 intubated patients, the chances of a patient dying increase by 25 pct each day. Mortality rises progressively as the patient load increases, the experts found. If there are more than... of Attica are 35 to 40 pct more likely to die than if they receive treatment in the capital
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Govt opts to reopen schools on time, drawing opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsdown if more than half the students contract the virus. If an infection is discovered, the child’s... environment rather than mixing socially if the Christmas holiday is extended. A member of the scientific... also stressed the importance of in-person, rather than remote, learning for children. SYRIZA, though
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Where is Odysseus? Part 2 - Uncertainty
Agorawere to accept more immigration than is assumed in the baseline calculation. Recently, Greece has had... carefully conclude that, for policy, fertility is even more important than immigration. Immigration is not a sure-fire solution to demographic transition. While the current baseline sits higher than the one
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As restrictions drop away, Apr travel balance beats even pre-Covid levels
EconomyMacroeconomywas significantly higher than the 3.2 million euros registered in April 2021, it is also higher than the 4.9..., April’s balance is more than double the 211.1 million euros seen in April 2019. Receipts came to 647 million euros for the month, more than ten times higher year-on-year, from 58.8 million euros
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue its work rather than take the risk of allowing SYRIZA, or a SYRIZA-led coalition, back... in basic salaries is scheduled for next year, when it is expected to increase to more than 750 euros, effectively returning to where it was before Greece’s debt crisis began more than a decade ago. Tsipras
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
officials is that the north of the country will likely experience a harsher winter than the south... of the conservatives may prove a bigger threat at the ballot box than SYRIZA or PASOK because they could..., rather than the current five, the share of the vote needed for the winning party to gain a majority
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PM rides into new, bigger storm after publication of phonetapping list
PoliticsGreek Politicswiretapping operation was much broader and systematic than had been thought until now. A political storm has..., of a list of more than 30 politicians, businessmen, journalists and other public figures that were allegedly... is owned by Marinakis, was much more critical of the government over the wiretapping issue than it has
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Retail and catering continued to dominate business activity, employment in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomy291,808 in 2021. The vast majority, more than 88 pct, employs 1-10 employees, with another 10 pct.... It is just 780 companies that employ more than 250 staff, with total workers in this category... lead the employer chart with 13 pct of total workers employed, more than 300,000 workers. Catering
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