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Hercules nears end of its first cycle with National Bank's participation
EconomyBankingthat amount, with 27 billion euros of NPEs coming off the systemic banks’ books, within one year of operation... to their pre-Covid trajectory and positive surprises to the economic outlook – as one
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Minister's clash with catering sector highlights pitfalls ahead as pandemic squeezes economy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Kathimerini, the food service sector – one of the worst hit by the lockdowns – is poised to seek compensation... sector. Georgiadis Apart from being one of the Greek economy’s key employers, the catering sector has
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
Societymass public sector appointments was one of the main planks of the ND campaign. While the subject... the ratio had been as low as 1:5 (one hire for every five departures), transitioning to 1:3 in the final
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Greek #MeToo claims snowball amid accusations of political cover-up
PoliticsGreek Politicsactors, acting students and production staff came forward with historic abuse allegations, one well... and ultimately discredited. Media law Political influence over the media came under the spotlight one
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Govt counts fiscal cost as Greece heads for lockdown extension
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is expected to announce the extension of the stricter lockdown in place in Attica and other parts of Greece for at least one more week due to the persistently high number of Covid-19... the restrictions in the capital and other “red zones” for one or two weeks. This will dash the retail sector
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Starkly different solutions presented as govt nears lockdown decision point
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor “one more push, especially these two weeks”, in order to allow a reopening of the economy... 19 pct prioritised schools. One encouraging sign was the continuing increase in the portion
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agoraas one or even two decades for reforms to take full effect across sectors and labour market participants... to bringing unemployment down. Participation. One cause of lower unemployment, besides new GDP
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FM visits Egypt and Cyprus with eye on EEZ, EastMed pipeline and new UN talks
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Dendias is scheduled to visit Cairo on Monday and there are two developments linked to his trip to Egypt - one of several during his tenure. On the one hand, Greece is mulling over recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu about a supposed invitation
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Athens poised for new round of talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyconcerning one of the three Egyptian exploration areas was merely a “technical one” and had been resolved
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Relaxation of lockdown considered despite worrying Covid data
PoliticsGreek Politicsin one form or another since early November. The local media suggests that government officials also... protests against police brutality turned violent, resulting in one officer being seriously injured
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