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Covid-19 presents new, significant challenge in banks' effort to reduce NPLs
EconomyBanking, but the four weeks since the outbreak of the virus in Greece have brought the economy to a standstill... help banks improve their capital base that to a disproportionately large part is based on DTCs. Virus impact The latest measures the Greek government implemented to curb the spread of the virus affected
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the virus being successfully suppressed so far, some Greeks may be more tempted to ignore... on Monday morning, two members of staff and 10 residents tested positive for the virus... week. Authorities hope this will give them a better picture of how far the virus has spread and allow
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorapolls showing a sharp increase in the number of people concerned about the virus with the opening... that tourism was only one contributing factor in the resurgence of the virus. Over the period between...” (sense of pride/honour) as the main weapon in the fight against the virus. The opposition has accused
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Govt's management of Covid-19 response challenged again after latest measures, PM’s trip
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the UK and South African variants of the virus in Greece. The confusion was exacerbated by a parade... of how the virus might evolve, including a series of alarming predictions. The committee of experts... taken up. Attica remains a hotspot for the virus, with just over half of all cases detected in Greece
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Newsletter 296 - 14/05/2021
a repeat of last year's criticism that tourists brought the virus into Greece. holding off from welcoming... of criticism it came in for last year, when opponents argued that tourists brought the virus into Greece... to bring virus numbers down to show the rest of the world that Greece is a safe destination in the hope
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agoraof people; as well as that the coronavirus "got away" from the laboratory in Wuhan. Like the virus itself... - the Chinese virus. This tweet supported theories that the Chinese were to blame for the formation... that the corona virus is "the funniest flu", and that women could go on "shopping tours to Milan
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economyto the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase
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Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis
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