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Podcast - Greece's year of trying to shake off Covid-19
AgoraGreece has been grappling with the coronavirus for just over a year, sometimes with success but other times less convincingly. As Greece went past 10,000 Covid-related deaths and prepares to reach 3 million vaccinations this week, The Agora looks back at what's gone right and wrong since Covid-19
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece was expected to hit 3 million vaccinations in total on Wednesday as the government prepared to announce the scrapping on restrictions to movement after Orthodox Easter this weekend. Earlier in April, it had appeared that the government’s target of delivering 1.5 million vaccines this month
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Govt hopes opening of cafes and bars marks next step in return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politics3 million jabs had been issued. According to Mitsotakis, this figure could rise to 5 million
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Stability Programme reflects subdued expectations for 2021, high hopes for 2022 onwards
EconomyMacroeconomyconsumption that is seen growing by nearly 3 pct. In the subsequent years, the economy is expected
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Late May Day rallies highlight divides in left and labour movement
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Greece’s major banks, and forcing businesses to pay 3 million hours owed in overtime to 370,000
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Alpha Bank announces 800 mln share capital increase; Q1 net loss of 282.2 mln
EconomyBankingin Q1, up by 3 percent QoQ, boosted by the effects of TLTRO III borrowing. Net fee and commission
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Eurobank posts Q1 net profit of 70 mln
EconomyBankingEurobank posted a net income of 70 million euros in the first quarter (Q1), an increase of 13 million compared with the same quarter of 2020. Core pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 3 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 to 218 million euros, while the lender booked 131 million euros in loan loss
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Amid promising signs for tourism, govt hedges its bets with targeted support
PoliticsGreek Politicsdecline. On Tuesday the country recorded 1,886 new infections with a positivity rate of 3 pct
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IMF raises outlook on Greek debt sustainability to merely 'uncertain'
Economythe pandemic at 3 pct. The withdrawal of support could cause a cliff effect that might affect insolvencies
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GDP rises by 4.4 pct QoQ in Q1 and falls 2.3 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomycapital formation -- or capital investment -- growing a more modest, though still impressive 3
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