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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agoraleads very well. After all, this is where the smoking ban was flouted for years, crash helmets..., which would lead to one new employee being brought in for every departure. It had lined up the hiring.... When New Democracy came to power last July, one of the first things it did was to push ahead
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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
to prepare for their university entrance exams. Despite some outbreaks this week, one at a hotel... with greater support and security. This is one of the areas that SYRIZA, which has already accused... to 60 percent in the EU. Secondly, Greek universities have a very limited collaboration
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Newsletter 250 -11/05/2020
period would last more than five years. With one eye on developments in the tourism market... think the centre-right party has handled things “very” or “quite” well. Sixty percent of Greeks... above 1,000-mark for close to one year During the first two months of the year, building permits rose
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Newsletter 253 -05/06/2020
and safety criteria”, adding, “the EASA list is our guide”. One of the practical challenges of opening... Medical Association showed that one in three respondents is no longer worried about Covid-19. While... rose by 5.4 percent QoQ, while exports of goods and services edged up very slightly by 0.1 percent
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OECD sees economy shrinking by 8 to 9.8 pct, depending on whether virus returns
EconomyMacroeconomyoutlook focuses on two equally probable scenarios, one containing a second wave of coronavirus and lockdowns before the end of 2020, and one without a second wave. Under the single-hit scenario, the EU... measures beyond the current ones are very likely to be needed in the case of a double-hit scenario.
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Newsletter 270 -23/10/2020
looks increasingly tarnished by unprecedented and very public judicial disputes that have left much... is the one that is spreading the virus most and called for younger Greeks to take care and follow... leader said that public health is now the number one priority. Since the summer, SYRIZA has argued
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It's the hope that kills you
Agoraand March due to winter skiing holidays and school half terms has been recognised as one... all schools and within one week the country had gone into a general and strict lockdown. The first.... Initially, there were very bullish, albeit entirely disconnected from reality, estimates in May
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agorahe has had with European counterparts. However, one would have expected that the OSCE Chairperson... was granted candidate status within one year of his first mandate in 2014, progress on opening accession... perception is still very positive towards the EU, with 86% considering membership as a good thing
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societymass public sector appointments was one of the main planks of the ND campaign. While the subject... to privatisation. In practice these mutually contradictory forces appear to have had very little visible impact... the ratio had been as low as 1:5 (one hire for every five departures), transitioning to 1:3 in the final
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agoraas one or even two decades for reforms to take full effect across sectors and labour market participants. While the past decade was very difficult for Greece, the 2020s should be better, with economic... to bringing unemployment down. Participation. One cause of lower unemployment, besides new GDP
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