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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
SocietySeptember natural gas reached record high prices of over 50 euros per MWh, with some analysts predicting... at an average price of 23.7 euros per tonne, and close to 400 million euros for 15.47 million tonnes in 2020 at 25.6 euros per tonne. Its projections for 2021 totalled 14 million tonnes, of which it reportedly
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Eight in 10 tourist visits to just five regions, six nationalities generate half of receipts
EconomyFeatureseuros, an increase of 8.2 percent. An average of 1.2 regions were visited per trip. However, for long... Australia, Canada and the USA visited an average of 1.9 to 1.7 regions per visit. The expenditure per visit per region came to an average of 449 euros, a fall of 1.8 percent. This varied from region
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
SocietyGreece tops the EU league tables in terms of the number of lawyers per population and has by far... per 100,000 in 2010 to 388 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Also registering a high proportion... 6.4 cases per 100 inhabitants in 2012, compared to 21 in the EU – it was at the upper end
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
Agoraproductivity to lift per-capita income is important for Greece, then these trends would need to be reversed... periods. If we want to boost real GDP, we have to boost real GVA. Real GVA is available per quarter and per sector, so we can calculate quarterly GVA in real terms for the private and the public sector
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BoG data shows drop in card usage in first half of 2019
EconomyFeaturespercent. The average number of transactions per card also showed a reduction, coming to 25 transactions... transactions came to an average of 26 transactions per card versus 32 in the previous period, while credit... value of transactions per card dropped by 19 percent compared to the final six months of 2018
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Greek teachers low paid, but work shorter hours in smaller classes
Society, with nine pupils per teacher, below the OECD average of 15 and much below Mexico, where there are 28 pupils per teacher. Student-teacher ratios also vary, and to a larger extent, at the secondary school level, ranging from 30 students per full-time equivalent teacher in Mexico to 8 in Greece
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Parliamentary report highlights demographics challenge and urges immediate action
Societythis week raised further as it noted that the country’s fertility rate stood at 1.24 children per... to increase. Even if the average number of children per woman increased from 1.5 children to 1.8 children, the average number of births per year from 2018 to 2035 is unlikely to pass 95,000. An analysis
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Capital controls to be abolished ahead of schedule
EconomyBankingfor the first time. The initial withdrawal limit of 60 euros per day was increased to a rolling bi-weekly... to 1,800 euros per calendar month. The threshold for the withdrawal of sums transferred to Greece from... euros to 20,000 euros per customer per day and further restrictions on opening bank accounts were
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Economic diversification vital to Greece's post-coronavirus future
Agoraeconomic austerity endured, Greece has put the USA, France and the UK to shame on both a per capita... of the economy that Bank of Greece Governor, Yannis Stournaras, fears could be much as 8 per cent in 2020... 13 per cent and 32 per cent this, according the World Trade Organisation, the immediate economic
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societyreporting poor or very poor health - avoidable mortality worsened, climbing to 213 deaths per 100,000.... Air pollution also remains a concern. Exposure to PM2.5 particles stood at 14.2 micrograms per cubic... is relatively low at 6.6 litres per capita, and obesity rates are among the lowest in the OECD, with just
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