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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agoranegotiations was that the goal for the primary surplus in 2018 was lowered by 1 point to 3.5 percent... - stuck in talks to close a fiscal gap between now and 2018 that ranges from as high as over 8... have had in mind. Starting point The Sisyphean task starts as far back as the end of 2009, when
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agora, Greece spent 8 percent of its GDP on healthcare, substantially below the EU average. Healthcare expenditure has been slashed from its high point of 9.5 percent of GDP in 2009 as part of the country’s... distributed across the regions, while primary care has historically been a weak point. A reform programme
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First TV debate does little to fire up election contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first, and rather tepid, televised debate ahead of the September 20 elections is unlikely to have made a significant impact on the contest. The rigid format, which saw the seven party leaders taking part answer questions from journalists on pre-agre...
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Undecided voters could still decide crucial aspects of Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUniversity’s poll for Skai TV on Monday indicated that 9 percent of Greeks have not yet chosen how...) in those elections was around 170,000 votes. An Alco poll on January 8 gave a breakdown... #Greece — MacroPolis (@MacroPolis_gr) January 8, 2015 The Alco poll, which indicates that almost
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New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
PoliticsForeign Policy, the cabinet approved the contracts for the third round of oil and gas tenders for blocks 6, 8 and 10... and Italy’s Eni and France’s Total for block 6. Eni also won block 8. Nicosia is worried about Ankara's reaction. In an interview with Skai TV last week, Anastasiades said that he was concerned
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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agorapoll data, SYRIZA’s support among younger voters was 8 points stronger than for ND. This is also... just over 8 percent of the vote, which was better than in the EU elections in May and meant a gain.... But the ultra-nationalist party, led by fringe TV persona Kyriakos Velopoulos harbours some extreme
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Greek economic sentiment for May at highest point since August 2008
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment improved by 3.7 points to 99.1 in May, after falling by 2.1 points in April, according to the European Commission (EC). The headline figure reached a low of 74.8 points in March 2009, and hovered between 75 – 90 points until ...
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Greece’s price index falls to second lowest point in 12 years
SocietyCommunications are hugely more expensive while prices for transport services are considerably cheaper than the EU average, according to data on price levels on consumer goods and services released by Eurostat last week. Based on price surveys covering m...
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Marinopoulos travails point to wider difficulties for supermarket sector
EconomyFeaturesIt’s been a dramatic few days for the Marinopoulos, Greece’s biggest supermarket chain. The company filed for protection from its creditors last Tuesday amid 1.3 billion euros of debt, an unprecedented amount for a Greek company. A court granted it temp...
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Greece's pursuit of normality has only one starting point
AgoraIf you got your hands on a European Commission report that outlined issues of loss of reform momentum, resistance to public sector changes, loss of fiscal discipline, a delayed privatisation programme hampered by strong political opposition, an absence ...
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