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SYRIZA seeks to recover from election shock, ND prepares for power
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent of the vote, almost 9.5 points less than New Democracy, was well below the government’s... that government officials expected to lose to New Democracy by no more than 3 or 4 points. A lot... for the 17-24 age group. The dynamics of Sunday’s vote, including New Democracy’s strong showing in the local
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Fifth post-MoU review concludes successfully, EC highlights public investment, NPLs as areas of concern
EconomyProgrammepercent this year. The outlook remains broadly positive, with strong signals from business... lower than the target. The under-execution of the PIB is an ongoing concern, and the Commission notes... a sizeable cash buffer of more than 23 billion euros that covers more than two years of financing needs
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Economic relief eyed as Greece launches fourth round of lockdown easing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat mean there can only be one customer for every 2 square metres and no more than six people in total... market for liquidity was also demonstrated by the strong response to the second call for the Hellenic... applications since May 20, taking the total for both rounds to more than 7 billion euros so far. Also
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorabecome fairly prevalent among the public at large: More than half of respondents to a survey conducted... by creating a false dichotomy. Throughout its response, the government has placed a strong emphasis..., social media is twice as popular among younger age groups than are conventional news websites
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Newsletter 267 -02/10/2020
, the base at Souda is being upgraded. This is related to Washington’s clear desire to still have a strong... from corporations to tackle late payments, higher than the EU average of 47 percent. Greek... percent compared to 2018. Half of households surveyed spent more than 1,151 euro per month. The main
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EU Council boosts recovery fund hopes, falls short on Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politicsto adopt conclusions on Turkey that were less decisive than the Greek side was hoping for. Although... economy is set to contract by more than 10 pct this year, these funds are vital to the government’s hopes of achieving a quick and strong recovery from next year, thereby relieving some
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ND courts youth vote with targeted pandemic relief, recovery schemes
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan older age groups with the direction that the country is heading in. Such findings, along... are not traditionally viewed as a significant force in elections, and generally show lower turnout than ND’s traditional constituency of older voters. They could, however, have a bigger-than-usual impact
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorainfluence on decision-making than facts and evidence. Post-truth is an era in which the main socio... they are speaking to more than their own eyes. The concept of post-truth can be linked to what the famous American comedian and television presenter Stephen Colbert called the concept of "truthiness" more than
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agoraof Germany is divided in strong gains for the Social Democrats in the west and north, the conservatives have..., a decline of more than two percent compared to 2017. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic the AfD could..., having won 25.7 percent, a gain of more than five percent against 2017. Scholz’ electoral campaign
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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agorathe death rate has exceeded the EU average, and stands 60% higher for the same period than... strict lockdown). More than two thirds of deaths occurred in the nine months after the vaccines became... was man-made. The roll-out strategy, however, while near-flawless logistically, did not include a strong
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