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Greece on track for bumper tourism year, figures show
EconomyFeaturesmillion. EU28 visitors rose by 12 percent to 1.1 million. Within this, euro-area visitors were up by 15.8... in foreign arrivals, coming to a total of 2.5 million visitors for the month. The average expenditure per..., international airport arrivals rose by 11.1 percent to 1.1 million. In the year-to-date, international
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Banks enter final quarter with high hopes for bad loan reduction while challenges remain
EconomyBankingof the EU rules. Hercules aims to take a total of 30 billion euros in bad loans of the books... by around 26 billion euros. The total still remains extremely high, coming to 78.8 billion euros..., Piraeus Bank has the highest NPE stock on its balance sheets with the total currently standing at 26.1
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Opposition calls on PM to change tack over Gaza as ND faces new corruption probe
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Israel since coming to power and has so far shown visible support for Prime Minister Benjamin...” negative view of Benjamin Netanyahu, while 32 pct had positive views. Nevertheless, the majority
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Govt gears up for arrival of Covid-19 vaccine amid virus flare-up in some areas
PoliticsGreek Politicswill begin on December 27, when the staff at five public hospitals will receive the jab. After.... It indicates that 67 pct of respondents are either sure they will get the jab or are leaning... to be vaccinated in the first three months of the jab being in circulation. The poll suggests that the more well
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Vaccination scheme gaps identified as Greece prepares to discard masks
PoliticsGreek Politicsclose to 43 pct have received at least one jab. The uptake so far has been patchy in terms of geography... the jab, less than 30 pct of people living in various parts of northern Greece have done so. Perhaps... about the jab. The government is still in discussions with health experts about introducing further
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Scrutiny over mandatory vaccines puts govt on tricky ground
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot get the jab. According to reports, the government is hoping that the private sector will become... at the moment about all civil servants needing to take the jab. The government’s decision to toughen... not urge worshippers, or clerics, to get the jab. New Democracy’s cautious approach with respect
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyto global LNG imports. The meeting was arranged days after Russian energy giant Gazprom cut off supplies... a connection with TAP, which carries gas from Azerbaijan. Additionally, suppliers of LNG could be Qatar... to contribute to Europe’s gradual reduction of gas dependency by increasing their production and LNG
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Ionian gas deal strengthens government's aspiration of becoming US energy gateway
PoliticsGreek Politicsgateway for American liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Europe. The agreement grants ExxonMobil a 60 pct..., recently booked capacity to transport US LNG from the Revithoussa terminal to Ukraine via... discussed LNG supply with President Zelenskyy shortly thereafter. The Vertical Corridor’s activation
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PM, sector leaders make it clear energy security is country's top transition priority
PoliticsGreek Politicsto continue to import LNG from multiple suppliers, including the United States, while using its... dependency with another. Russian pipeline gas has been swapped for US LNG, which now accounts for roughly 80% of METLEN’s imports through the Revithoussa terminal. If the United States ever used LNG
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Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
Agoraof measures were legislated that have a full year effect of 1.1 billion euros, according to the budget... to slip further in 2015. Total wages that exceeded 33 billion euros in 2009, dropped to 22 billion... to the general government monthly bulletin, in 2015 pension funds had a total of 35.3 billion in revenues
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