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Post-Covid era dawns on new landscape for bad debt in Greece
EconomyFeaturesthe line, a new set of instruments and institutions has emerged to manage bad debt, a large portion... 18 months. The two iterations of the Hercules scheme have enabled the banks to set ambitious... by ceding the property to a specially set up state body. The scheme has yet to be tested, as the agency
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Govt intent on making some relief measures permanent
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government appears set on the idea of making permanent some of the relief measures it has... vaccinated. According to reports over the weekend, the government is set to discuss its intentions... will set Greece on a dynamic growth path over the coming years are prompting its officials to plan
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Surge linked to Delta variant causes jitters about tourism, return to school
PoliticsGreek Politicson Mega TV that the ministry had approached universities to help set up vaccination centres on campuses... already set up a protocol for live attendance of practical classes, which will require the wearing... as falling standards, minimum entry requirements are set based on the average of applicants’ scores
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Criticism of authorities' response intensifies as wildfires continue to rage
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe pressure on the country’s civil defence mechanisms and the political leadership. As the sun set... Michalis Chrysochoidis, meanwhile, was set upon by local leaders during a crisis meeting in Olympia... the fires under control. The political fallout is set to continue, as experts have warned
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SYRIZA sees opportunity in tepid response to govt initiatives, PM's cosseting of right wing
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitsotakis set out a package of 3.5 billion euros in fiscal measures – some already in effect, but many..., aimed at winning over voters. According to reports, SYRIZA’s economic proposals are set to include... by respondents’ views regarding the two main set pieces recently aimed at drawing a line under
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
mark to set a new daily record. Apart from the surge in cases caused by the new variant, fuelling... Democracy appears confident that the measures it has set out, and the apparently milder impact... compared to 152 in Serbia and 76 in Germany. With high electricity and natural gas prices set
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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe pandemic is waning. Getting over these twin menaces could set New Democracy up for a trouble-free..., including the lengthening of the furlough scheme for specific sectors of the economy, were set out... challenge proving transitionary and the economy continuing to recover at a satisfactory pace could set up
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Govt bats away pushback allegations as migration attitudes harden
PoliticsGreek Politicshave involved loss of life. The incidents described in the statement include people being set... to EU officials Greece failed to set up an independent monitoring mechanism of border protection practices which was set as a condition of releasing migration funding. As of September 2021, this had
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agoraclimate change targets is – somewhat counter-intuitively – set to prolong this upward trend. Firstly... gas distribution networks beyond the main urban centres. In addition, new proposals set... by Greece are actively promoting investment in what are set rapidly to become stranded assets
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Under increasing domestic pressure, govt awaits EU signs for response to energy security threat
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe clarity they need to decide on how to proceed. An alternative payment mechanism set up by Gazprom... set up accounts with the bank has created controversy and sharpened divisions in the bloc. According... support measures, with a VAT cut proposal set to return to the table despite the Finance Ministry’s
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