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Income inequality in Greece remained high in 2013
Societyincome of the top and bottom fifths of society, has remained almost constant since 2011 and 2012... distribution, If there was perfect income equality, that is, if everyone received the same income... 30.6. In comparison with 1994, when the Gini coefficient was 37.4%, overall inequality has decreased
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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
, possibly with only enough to survive until mid-April. Overcoming this liquidity problem has become... could be held as early as Friday 27 March to assess whether there has been any progress in agreeing... problem has become Tsipras’s main task. programme (SMP) in the days after the Eurogroup. Greece has
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Newsletter 215 -19/07/2019
since New Democracy has 158 out of 300 seats, the debate will give the ruling party a chance to provide greater detail about the policies it intends to follow in the coming years. The focus this week has... and the other from September onwards, once the 2020 budget has been drafted. The first bill might contain
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Tsipras prepares line-up for European elections as Mitsotakis tries to woo investors
PoliticsGreek Politicsgrowth. It has backed this up through measures such as the 11 percent increase to the minimum wage... period. “These are measured tax cuts,” said Mitsotakis, echoing a message he has repeated since... is on domestic political issues, Mitsotakis has spent the last few days in the USA, where he spoke to investors
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Greece lays out plans for debt relief from eurozone
EconomyProgrammein Brussels today. The Greek government sees it as the perfect time to launch the discussion on how to reduce... quarters of the outstanding debt has a maturity exceeding 5 years. According to the current redemption schedule between 2023 and 2036 Greece has to meet obligations ranging from 6.5 billion to 9.5 billion
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Poposki visit significant but Greek-FYROM relations yet to find sure footing
PoliticsForeign Policyin January its efforts to reach an agreement on Confidence Building Measures (CBM) with FYROM, which has... say that “there will never be a perfect time” to reach a settlement on the name issue. The Greek side... countries, which have led to FYROM raising fences on its border with Greece. The Greek side has already
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PM hits back at surveillance list claims, falls out with ally
PoliticsGreek Politicsphenomenon not limited to Greece. The opposition has expressed its conviction that the two methods..., noting that Olympiakos has won the championship by a wide margin for three years running. He... was asked to comment on statements made by Olympiakos FC and Alter Ego media group owner Vangelis
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Dispute over hospital doctor shortages rages as minister makes controversial Turkey comments
PoliticsGreek Politicsregarding Greece’s military capability in comparison with Turkey’s. The government has been trying... emergency rotas, but the initiative has not been received well by medical professionals. Georgiadis said... not drive private doctors away from rural areas, especially the islands. “If the measure says
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For Stournaras, it's out of the frying pan and into the heating oil
PoliticsGreek Politicsof measures. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has repeatedly spoken of his desire to introduce a 15 percent...With winter approaching, the subject of heating oil has become somewhat of a burning issue... the heating oil tax were down about 500 million euros compared to a year earlier. The measure was also
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Fighting fake news is a "to be or not to be" battle
Agoraway or when there is inconsistent treatment of the violators of those measures. As examples, I would...". At the same time, it was announced that a "Covid-19 Response" website has been created at the end of March 2020. WHO also has launched the Mythbuster website called "Tips for the public about
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