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OECD sees stable growth of 2.2 pct next year and persistent structural challenges
EconomyMacroeconomycuts for low-income earners. Addressing skills mismatches through vocational training and labour
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Tsipras talks up 'positive' measures but polls show little impact so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment has paid out more than 750,000 main, supplementary and lump-sum pensions since coming to power... clearly feels that he now has something tangible to show voters rather than the theoretical benefits... of SYRIZA (30.5 percent vs 21.5 percent), which means the gap between the two has narrowed by just 1
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Pandemic's growing economic impact warrants extra support measures, funded by cash buffer
PoliticsGreek Politics, which has not benefited as much from the opening of Greece’s borders after the lockdown... that Greece has a cash buffer of 34.7 billion euros at its disposal, down from 37.5 billion in March... national output, the denominator in the debt ratio, is shrinking. Staikouras has to balance this effort
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More Covid-19 measures on way for Athens as public concern grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the economic support measures the government has announced to cushion the impact of Covid-19... the government has not done more over the last few months to bolster the system so it can deal with an upsurge... party stands at 39.1 pct, compared to 39.9 pct in the last survey. SYRIZA’s support has dropped from 24
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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
Agoradomestic process to the outside world has given license to many people inside and outside... Europeans. Unfortunately, the election of a new government in Greece that, for better or worse, has a completely different view of how to handle its relationship with the eurozone has given rise
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agora. There are myriad indications that the troika-led fiscal policy mix in Greece has had an element of futility... in the volume of 3.5 percent of GDP when it has implemented since 2010 a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that exceed 30 percent of GDP just to bring the books in balance. The IMF itself has
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Mitsotakis tours ministries as government looks for measures to improve public mood
PoliticsGreek Politics, such as far left Course of Freedom, rising sharply. Course of Freedom has managed to capitalise... erratic handling of the issue has seriously damaged its image. An opinion poll conducted by ProRata... it is the other way around. The survey also indicates that the Tempe issue has taken a toll
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Sports-related violence on the agenda again as PM struggles to find response
PoliticsGreek Politicshas reportedly admitted firing the flare. In his weekly Facebook post, Prime Minister Kyriakos... administration’s law and order agenda. Mitsotakis has made law and order a key part of his political credo but his government’s performance on this issue over the last 4.5 years has been patchy. Also, the ongoing
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Internal and external difficulties with measures expose coalition's weaknesses
PoliticsGreek Politicshas arisen seven weeks into the new coalition’s term in office and before the toughest measures... clear for the past days, which is that the Greek government has not yet been able to bridge the gap... general elections has passed with minimum fuss from the SYRIZA and Independent Greeks camps, the first
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Tsipras facing limited options as he waits for signs from IMF
PoliticsGreek Politicson the adoption of the interventions the International Monetary Fund has demanded. One of the few certain... government has felt for some time that there is a possibility Donald Trump’s administration may push... government has 153 MPs, this would either involve getting all the deputies from PASOK, the Union
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