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Retail sales rise by 13.1 pct in Oct, led by fuels and non-food sectors
EconomyMacroeconomy. Retail sales have been growing continuously since April, after nearly one year of drop in sales due... the start of the year. The overall economic sentiment increased by one more point to 113.4, surpassing
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A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
PoliticsForeign Policyand one with the US. The former includes a mutual assistance clause that does not exclude attacks... with Cyprus. One of the most significant elements that yet another trilateral meeting between Greece
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Govt readies targeted support for energy bills in bid to contain cost of living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsbusinesses. Along with Covid and inflation, the energy crisis is one of the triad of challenges... acknowledged that “no one can assess whether this global energy crisis will last or will dissipate
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
the pandemic and of intentionally failing to bolster the health service. Perhaps with one eye... government would be focussing on a “Growth for All” strategy in 2022. One of the first obstacles
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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsa reduction in VAT as one of those options. Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis has been pushing... reductions are concerned. Reducing the tax burden on households and businesses has been one of New
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Questions over handling of rape case turn spotlight on policing and legacy of Greek #MeToo
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe public, including the revelation that one of the alleged perpetrators was released immediately after... to intimidate the victim while acting for one of the accused. The incident, and the public attention
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The case for a general government balance sheet
AgoraOver the course of the past year we have drawn attention to the need for a general government balance sheet. One reason for this effort rests in the observation that today’s balance sheet... is one of the most prone to waste and corruption in any government, so the solution is to provide more
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Faced with limited policy options, govt mulls inflation handout
PoliticsGreek Politicshas also been one of the key themes during visits that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has been making... minister also went on to suggest, in connection to this issue, “that one thing he [Tsipras] is worse
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Greece voices support for Ukraine as govt counts cost of war's impact on economy, public finances
PoliticsGreek Politics. One leads to higher spending on support and the other to lower revenues. According to reports... euros over the next few months. One billion of that will be from lower tax revenues, according
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Newsletter 329 - 25/02/2022
, published this week, the institutions make it clear that there is one more hurdle to clear before... that restoring fiscal order is one of the main issues that it will have to tackle in the near-term, just
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