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  1. Newsletter 484 - 14/11/2025

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    strong conviction that "Mental health is more important than financial security", with a score... working and social conditions than my own" registers a high 4.2 out of 5. This domestic pessimism has... schedule" scored just 2.4, suggesting rigid work structures, contributing to poor work-life balance

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  2. From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
    - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum walk past historic murals at the National Palace. Photo: Lars Hagberg

    Agora

    understanding of the present rather than an idealised fantasy. Carney articulated what many close... “international rules‑based order” was little more than a diplomatic euphemism. It created the illusion of balance while masking the asymmetries that defined international relations. As Carney put

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  3. Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    preparing for a conflict that senior officials now warn may last far longer than initially hoped... - repatriation - has become a major logistical operation. More than 250 Greeks have already been evacuated.... More than 200 people returned safely on Thursday alone, and operations will continue. Defensive

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  4. Greek–Turkish calm tested by Ankara’s push to codify "Blue Homeland" claims
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    that it constitutes domestic law rather than an international legal claim. Turkish diplomatic sources said... of existing claims rather than a formal shift in policy. However, Gerapetritis appeared careful... security lens rather than solely through the traditional Cyprus dispute. Fidan reportedly told

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  5. General government bottom line continues to improve with moderate decrease in arrears

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to August both at primary and balance levels, with extrabudgetary funds’ surplus at 1.80 billion.... The government is expected to repay arrears of 7 billion by the end of the year, 1 billion lower than the initial... excluding this item, the bottom line still beats the target on a better than expected budget

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  6. Building activity down again in September but at slower rate of -11.2 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to 16,400 in 2013 from 65,500 in 2008. The nosedive is more than three times higher than..., the year to date balance remains positive indicating cumulative gains of 5 points.... over the past 2.5 years. In addition, mortgage balances have dropped by 13 percent over the last four

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  7. Government makes last-minute change to main homes bill in bid to satisfy creditors
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    EconomyProgramme

    that the threshold for the balance on business loans secured against primary residences should be no higher than 100,000 euros, rather than the 130,000-euro limit in the original bill. The threshold for balances

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  8. Banks remain largely profitable in Q2, with focus on NPL reductions
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    EconomyBanking

    the completion of the Cairo securitisation. The NPL balance came to 4.8 billion euros. The NPL ratio came.... with the main interest coming from banks rather than private individuals. Of the total, 150 auctions... with no debt concentrated at more than 90 percent to a single creditor. Kathimerini reports that banks

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  9. Piraeus Bank posts pre-tax losses of 133 mln in 9M
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    EconomyBanking

    balances. Additionally, more than 1.5 billion SME loans have received an interest rate subsidy... in Q3 2019. Other impairments stood at 30 million compared to 18 million in Q2. Balance Sheet...’s NPE derisking plan. “We remain more committed than ever to our aspiration for becoming a more lean

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  10. Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
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    Agora

    that the future population is expected to be slightly bigger than in the data from 2018. Consequently, in blog 17, the working-age population, on baseline, was also projected to be bigger than initially thought in 2018. In blog 18, we found a slightly larger labor force than was assumed in 2018. Finally

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