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Government lines up crackdown on NGOs as next piece in harsher migration policy
PoliticsGreek Politicspins Greece’s descent on three deep-seated flaws: a stagnant production model, rampant corruption... to 2023, the poorest saw an 8.1 percent income decline as the wealthiest enjoyed a 13 percent boost
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Multiple facets of inequality in Greece: a decade of divergence between data and daily life
Societyand access to services. The post‑2018 recovery illustrates this dynamic clearly. Working households saw...-age dependency ratio, threatening the sustainability of the current model. The study argues
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Lest we forget
Agorato the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas in 1936. Golden Dawn tapped into this vein of right-wing extremism, which was throbbing under the economic and social pressure exerted by the crisis. Golden Dawn... confirmed that Golden Dawn’s facade had crumbled under pressure. Without their leader to bark instructions
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Newsletter 268 -09/10/2020
interpretations A decision by a panel of three judges on Wednesday to deem Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn... throughout Greece’s political system and society. The Athens court ruled that seven of Golden Dawn’s... five-year trial, that focussed on numerous crimes carried out by Golden Dawn, including the murder
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Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drop in Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 1.7 percent in December after peaking with a 2.9 percent decline in November, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.9 percent for the f...
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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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Most Greeks saw income fall over last year, limiting purchasing power
SocietyThe results of a survey by the Labour Institute (INE) of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), which was published on July 17, highlighted how salary earners’ purchasing power has been limited. The survey, conducted in cooperation with Alco...
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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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Office prices and rents saw substantial fall in H1 2014
EconomyThe Bank of Greece (BoG) published on Monday for the first time its commercial property price and rent indices. The released data concerns office and retail price and rent levels of prime investment property and cover the period from the first half (H1)...
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