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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
force than some of his predecessors as prime minister, particularly SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... was hoping that it could clinch a qualified majority of more than 200 out of 300 MPs so that the new... and could need more than one coalition partner to form a government. This means there is an increased
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What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
Societyemigration figure of a little under 201,500 among Greek citizens, rather than the commonly cited... remain unfilled, Greece still boasts more doctors per capita than any EU country, 6.6 per 1,000... financial rather than career-related; and more people from the extremes of the socio-economic
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Losing game: Another doomed effort to revive Greek football?
Agorathat. Each time it has resulted in little more than lip service and some cosmetic changes. The rotten... but below countries like Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Austria. Notably, it was less than a third...-earning European leagues. The Greek league is also more reliant than any other from this group on revenue
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A sudden turnaround that could lead to sharp shock
Agoratransport take the lion’s share of services receipts, representing more than 83 pct of total... financial crisis in 2009, Greek sea transport receipts dropped by more than 30 pct year-on-year. With China now having a substantially larger role in global GDP and trade than in 2009, and given
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European Parliament vote delivers blow to PM as rise of far right, low turnout dominate
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the vote, more than four points lower than in the 2019 EU elections. This figure is more than 11 points lower than ND won in the national elections a year ago. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis..., SYRIZA. The leftists were projected to gain 14.7 pct, which was about 9 points lower than in the last
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ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
Economycapital gaps privately rather than tapping the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF.... At that time, Greek banks successfully carried out capital increases of 8.3 billion euros, thereby more than... reflected in the bank share performance, which has plummeted 23 percent in the last month. More than
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How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
Agoraless than SYRIZA. Together with PASOK, Samaras’s party had a bigger share of the vote than... of a government on the run. In less than five months, the coalition has backed itself and the country... for a no-holds-barred political battle rather than paving the way for a reform-driven turnaround
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Newsletter 19 - 13/03/2015
to Athens but that they would not be allowed any greater role than requesting and being granted It remains... is the end of April. Greece’s lenders have said that part of these loans could be paid out earlier than... is expected to pass legislation shortly that will allow it to use more than 500 million euros left
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Greek children lead way in languages at primary school level
Societyforeign languages in primary school than their EU counterparts. This is revealed in Being young... that young Greek males are much more likely than their female counterparts to suffer injuries in a car... also highest in Greece (and Romania), where more than 97% of young people perceived their health
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Greece holds back spending, rakes in one-off revenues for 2.1 bln primary surplus at end of April
EconomyGreece’s budget execution showed the 4-month primary surplus more than doubled year on year (YoY... budget bulletin published on Monday. The reading is 60 million euros lower than the preliminary figure... target by 2.41 billion, which is significantly better than the over-performance of 1.6 billion
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