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On lockdown: The moments that will remain
Agoraon the last few weeks and remember the peculiar moments rather than the tragic incidents. Unlike some.... Perhaps, though, it is the quiet that will remain with us more than anything else. Apart from a burst... attested to the introspection about lives that will be altered, rather than lost, due to this crisis
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Impact of inflation already widespread, but data suggests worse to come
EconomyFeaturesand most likely will last for longer than the government had hoped or planned for. A large part... speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The overall package over the last few weeks has more than... beverages were up by 3 pct year-on-year in October, led by an olive oil price increase of more than 22
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agorain the future than in the past. This follows from the decline in the population and in the number... at around 8+ million later this century. Hence, real GDP could be larger than what we thought... winds than was initially thought in the book. Working-Age Population. Real GDP is produced by those who
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Newsletter 333 - 01/04/2022
35 pct of the vote, rather than around 38 pct under the scheme adopted by the conservatives soon... to spend up to 2 billion more this year than initially envisioned in this year’s economic plan. Staikouras... of the vote. This is five points less than in the 2019 elections and short of the roughly 38 pct it would
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Newsletter 391 - 01/09/2023
that more than 160,000 hectares of land have been burned since the start of the year, representing a 270... Observatory of Athens. By Thursday, more than 800 square kilometers of the Dadia National Park.... The prime minister claimed that despite the horrific record Greece had been better prepared than any
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Newsletter 404 - 01/12/2023
that he would not back such legislation and a few weeks ago, reports suggested that no more than 30... of support, the PM will withdraw the bill rather than face outright rebellion by a large section... of directing their fire at New Democracy rather than become embroiled in a battle with their former party
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Post-election blamestorming or Why Harris lost and the Democrats should nominate Oprah
Agoracomic act and less than five years after the storming of the Capitol by an angry mob of MAGA... Clinton, by way of his decades of experience in the Senate. Biden had no such need for Harris other than... answer the question amongst undecided voters prepared to vote for someone other than Trump as to who she
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A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsof medicines being lowered but the legislation has proved far more controversial than its content would.... Of this, about half was spent by the state. This is substantially lower than when the crisis began... is for government spending on medicines to be no more than 1 percent of GDP, or 1.7 billion euros. One
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agorato the conclusion of the first economic adjustment programme more than 85 percent of Greece’s sovereign debt.... It took no less than European Commissioner for Employment Laszlo Andor of Hungary to get... output in 2013 would surpass by more than 20 percent where Greece’s debt-to-GDP ratio stood in 2010
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Greece, the troika and banks' capital needs: A step-by-step guide
EconomyProgrammethat Greek banks would need no more than 6 billion euros. However, there is now speculation... that the IMF has estimated capital needs at 20 billion euros, almost four times larger than... journalists that under the adverse scenario capital needs would rise to 8-9 billion, still less than half
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