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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
Stato Italiane, submitted a binding offer for the sale of a 100-percent stake in rail operator TRAINOSE, while there were no binding offers Italy's Ferrovie was the only company to submit a binding offer... for the winning party but retaining the 3 percent threshold for entering Parliament – would apply
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PMI above 50 points in Dec for first time in 16 months but underlying problems remain
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI edged over the 50-point mark, which separates growth from contraction, and reached 50.2 in December from 48.1 in November, Markit’s survey showed on Monday. The December headline figure signaled a return to growth for the firs...
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Tsipras upbeat after vote, Eurogroup but deal details may still present problems
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/21/tsipras_1000_myrto_2111-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been in fan upbeat mood this week following the successful parliamentary vote on Sunday and the positive noises coming from the Eurogroup on Monday. Within minutes of the meeting of eurozone finance ministers concluding...
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Hitman's furlough and investment complications pose new problems for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government found itself dealing with multiple crises of a very different nature on Friday. The first concerns the release of the November 17 urban guerrilla group’s hitman Dimitris Koufodinas from prison on a two-day furlough on Thursday. The ...
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Greece drops to 72 in Doing Business index as long-term problems persist
EconomyFeaturesThe latest Doing Business Indicators report for 2019 by the World Bank Group has shown that Greece fell to number 72 out of 190 economies worldwide. Last year, Greece stood at 67th place. The country ranked below Vietnam (69), the Kyrgyz Republic (70) a...
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Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems
AgoraIn this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...
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Podcast - Internal combustion problems leave New Democracy spluttering
AgoraIn mid-November, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to expel from the ruling New Democracy party one of his predecessors, Antonis Samaras. Samaras headed the centre-right party for several years and was the leader of a coalition government...
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Greece's antitrust damages initiative comes into force
Legal. It is also noted that decisions of the Greek and EU Competition Authorities finding an infringement... of the competent Greek and EU review courts, are binding before a Greek court trying an action for damages. Final decisions issued in other member states finding an infringement of EU competition law
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDevelopment Fund (HRADF), Stergios Pitsiorlas, in which he expressed his disappointment at finding out that he... examined. One is a return to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019... New Democracy introduced in 2020. Another option is to lower the threshold for winning a majority
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Newsletter 350 - 09/09/2022
to the 50-seat bonus for the winning party, which applied in the 2019 elections, rather than linking.... Another option is to lower the threshold for winning a majority. Under ND’s electoral law, the winning... finding its steps towards more normal activity after the restrictions imposed from November 2020
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