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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe amendment was introduced rather than its content. The direction of travel suggests that rather than... that rather than abandoning the policy, the PM’s office has been quietly working behind the scenes to sow the seeds of its implementation. It also hints that a similar path may beckon for other initiatives
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Newsletter 445 - 13/12/2024
the conservatives win the next national vote but with fewer than 151 seats in Parliament. Given... these two fringe parties on 5.7 pct.EconomyBudget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political... pushed up the debt load in the case of Greece to more than 209 pct of GDP in 2020, and the primary
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Wealth inequality in Greece has grown at faster rate than eurozone peers during crisis
SocietyThe economic crisis has increased wealth inequality in Greece at a much faster pace than in other... increase than the two other countries, Italy and Spain, Credit Suisse considers to have experienced... from 52 to 55.6 percent, which means that in both cases the current total is also lower than
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Tsipras bet on recovery a long shot but offers better odds than snap polls
Agorato have no better political option than to proceed with the agreement and hope that he can ride.... The mantra of snap elections being the only way out of the country’s problems that emanates from
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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
Society. Above Bulgaria and Romania in the overall ranking, Greece failed to place higher than 24th... rather than by domestic demand,” it added. There have been pockets of progress, however. Most... head of population (2.2 per 100,000) in the 30 countries included in the survey. A bigger problem
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsand had not been trailed. Monday’s declaration marks more than just an environmental milestone. It can... activities in the Aegean as protective rather than provocative. The fact that the diplomatic angle... to the announcement, which was made in English, giving the impression that it was about more than policy
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Six in 10 Greeks earn less than average salary of €1,022 in private sector
Societyand grosses less than the average salary in the private sector. These are the general characteristics... than 1,022 euros a month, the average salary in the private sector, according to separate data from the country’s largest insurance fund IKA-ETAM. In 2013, the number of employees earning less than
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Q1 GDP contracts 0.5 pct QoQ and 1.4 pct YoY, slightly worse than flash estimates
EconomyMacroeconomy. The headline figure is slightly worse than the 0.4 percent QoQ contraction in the flash estimates released... in Q4 2015. Today’s figure for Q1 is slightly higher than the -1.3 percent released in flash estimates... reflects a nosedive in disposable income by more than 30 percent. This is attributed to a sharp rise
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Greek teens less likely to smoke, get drunk than European peers but gamble more
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Societydrink, and are the most likely to have gambled for money than their peers in Europe. These are some... percent of them more than once, compared to an average of 23 and five percent, respectively. As was the case in Denmark and the Czech Republic, more than 90 percent of teenagers in Greece reported easy
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Cyprus talks rolling again but Athens seems sceptical
PoliticsForeign Policymore damage than the “enosis” issue itself. Secondly, the issue of natural gas drillings due to begin... twice dropped hints about Eide working in Turkey’s interest. Without specifically naming Eide, during... in other issues than its domestic politics. Diplomats with good knowledge of the Cyprus talks do
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