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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeaturesan overall import capacity of 11.3 billion cubic metres per annum (bcm/y) through three entry points... in 2020, it will have an initial capacity to deliver 10 bcm of Caspian gas per year... metres per year. The project passed a technical feasibility study in 2016, and was ratified
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Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
EconomyFeaturesand retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent
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Significant fall in migrant arrivals but camp conditions a growing concern
PoliticsGreek Politicswork force is expected to be able to process around 50 interviews per day by next week and 100 per day... to process around 200 cases per day.” At the moment, the Frontex and EASO numbers are well down on what... are finding it increasingly difficult to induce migrants to cross from Turkey to Greece.” Greece’s concern
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Lack of vaccines led to panic in B&H, yet now they are going to waste
Agoradeaths per million inhabitants, it ranks second in the world, and first in Europe (with only Peru... of BiH employees receive an average monthly salary of 510 euros (pension averages 218 euros per month), while they need 1,057 euros for consumer items per month. Commenting on the increase in food
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Government pledges more reforms, but economy set to prove deciding factor in 2025
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros per year. The government is also said to be considering lower rates for incomes up to 30,000..., will be negligible as a worker on the minimum wage of 830 euros will see an extra 3.24 euros per month in their pockets and employer savings per month will be just 4.15 euros. Low wages An article
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Short-term fix for electricity bills leaves open questions for green transition strategy
SocietySeptember natural gas reached record high prices of over 50 euros per MWh, with some analysts predicting... at an average price of 23.7 euros per tonne, and close to 400 million euros for 15.47 million tonnes in 2020 at 25.6 euros per tonne. Its projections for 2021 totalled 14 million tonnes, of which it reportedly
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomybeaten by that of Cyprus (-7.9 percent). In addition, Greece and Cyprus are the only two countries
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Rifts in New Democracy as Samaras vows to stay as leader
PoliticsGreek Politicschallenge following her failed attempt in 2009, when she was beaten by Samaras. One of the interesting
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Tsipras softens stance on coalition options as leaders head to debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsmessages and that Meimarakis has beaten him to this particular political ground. Voters will get
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