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Communication prices in Greece highest in EU27
Societywere found to be 65.9 percent higher than the EU average. This is an increase since 2018, when the price was 56.2 percent higher. Food prices in Greece were 2.5 percent higher than the EU average and alcoholic beverages and tobacco were 0.6 percent higher than the average. In 2018, food prices were 5
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Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19
Agora, it is thus possible that Greece may need a slightly bigger capital stock relative to GDP than more... less in Greece than in contiguous countries of the euro-19 that do not need to build separate capital..., as GDP declines in Greece more than proportional to the economic cycle for the euro-19 countries
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Where is Odysseus? Part 4 - Unemployment and Employment
Agorathat the future population is still expected to decline, but to be slightly bigger than in the data from 2018... to be bigger than was initially thought in 2018. In blog 18, we calculated the labor force out of the working-age population. Again, we found a larger labor force than was assumed in 2018, in the baseline
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agorathat 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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Mitsotakis eyes majority in second vote as SYRIZA reels from crushing defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicsis sticking to his belief that Greece needs a strong single-party government rather than a coalition... suggested that the government would like elections to be held as soon as possible, earlier than the July 2... be looking at a majority of around 20 seats. This would be more than double the majority Mitsotakis had
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societystrong health outcomes despite spending less than many of its peers. But beneath the surface, troubling... people. That’s higher than the OECD average and signals growing concern over preventable and treatable..., with fewer than a quarter of adults indulging daily. Access to care Despite universal eligibility for core
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Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger
Economyexecutive board member Joerg Asmussen appears to have put the economic plan in some doubt, while... 50 percent or so. Asmussen also put the financing gap, the difference between how much money Greece
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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe prime minister’s press office, indicated that the government could put together what he termed... George Papandreou made it clear that his party would not approve the candidate put forward
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New Democracy and SYRIZA draw battle lines for European elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsstability and uncertainty. In a less stark version of the euro vs drachma dilemma put to Greek voters... to use this during their campaign as evidence that they intend to live up to their pledge to put right
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On the beaches
Agoracoastline put to public consultation recently by the Finance Ministry. The draft law proposes a complete... could put forward such proposals. To sacrifice what should be protected is a denial that Greece's
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