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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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About last night
AgoraThe most tumultuous period in Greece’s modern history concluded in the middle of the night... the debt trajectory under control. SMP and ANFA profits In line with expectations, roughly 4 billion euros.... That period is probably the biggest political miscalculation there has been in Greece in modern times. Just
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Study outlines economic potential of targeting senior and health tourism
Society, such as bureaucratic issues and high taxation. “Only 6.1 percent of Greek hotels (exclusively 4... received it. Few of the springs have modern facilities offering modern services. The report noted
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeaturesand local government and the public bodies supervised by them is subject to a strict 1:4 (previously 1:5) attrition rule laid out in the MoU, meaning one new hire is permitted for every 4 (previously 5..., while the number of permissible hires for 2017 under the 1:4 rule was 2,453, the government claimed
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorathat New Democracy and PASOK refuse to accept the end of the most tumultuous and costly period in modern... of 2014 was for a primary surplus that averages 4 percent of GDP for about four decades. “Although most... forward. But maintaining the programme primary surplus of about 4 percent of GDP for several years may
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Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
AgoraAs in our previous five monthly blogs, we continue to trace the progress of modern-day Odysseus... scenarios of our blogs.[4] What we see is that the Commission/Greece baseline (the dotted line... not have a growth rate of 3 or 4, or even 5 percent, but these high growth rates are not average
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An issue of statistical significance in Greece
Agoradeficit for that year should have been just under 4 percent of GDP, rather than the final figure... in the country’s modern history. Even as early as May 2009, the budget’s unrealistic projections were... that Greece produced a deficit under 4 percent was between 1999 and 2001, after a period of austerity
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Wide range of exacting issues lie ahead for Greece in first bailout review
EconomyProgrammea gap of around 600 million. In the pension reform plan submitted to the institutions on January 4... range of reforms for the domestic market to become more modern and competitive including reduction... quarter (Q1) of 2016. Note that debt obligations in Q1 amount to around 4 billion, of which 2.3 billion
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Newsletter 80 - 01/07/2016
than the 4 percent fall in March. Retail volume recorded a slower decline of 1.5 percent in April... by 3.9 percent in April, after a 4 percent drop in March. The index has been on the slide for 11... in the modern era, the turmoil of the last few days has been something to behold. One of the world’s
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The key elements of the draft agreement between Greece and lenders
EconomyProgrammesustainability, safeguarding financial stability, growth, competitiveness and investment and a modern state... of the national health care provider (EOPYY) 4) Legislation of a tax on short-term tourist accommodation... the use of the attrition rule starting from 1:5 in 2016 to 1:4 in 2017 and 1:3 in 2018.
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