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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and then travel north. FYROM, though, is only letting a few... with Austria, would not limit the number of refugees that could travel at least until Monday’s summit... saw last year how Greece’s state machinery seized up as the government focussed solely
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Obama emphasises need for debt relief in Athens but Berlin keeps expectations low
PoliticsForeign Policymedia saw as providing a potential boost to the local tourism sector via the international coverage.... According to the Bank of Greece’s travel receipt figures for August, there was just a 5.3 percent... lower than other leading sources of visitors such as Russia and Germany. Even more worryingly, travel
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Newsletter 240 -21/02/2020
and KINAL, which saw their politicians implicated by the testimonies of the two protected witnesses... to a deficit of 5.23 billion in December 2018. Travel receipts rose by 12.8 percent to 18.15... by 4.1 percent. Travel payments also rose strongly to 2.74 billion from 2.19 billion, up by around
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Coronavirus to delay much of privatisation plan
EconomyFeaturesInternational Airport to 2021 given the severe disruptions to travel due to the restrictions put in place... circumstances. But the crash in domestic and international air travel stemming from the pandemic has thrown the privatisation’s timeline off track. Athens International Airport saw its total air traffic fall
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
with the TUI travel agency, which aims to bring 1.5 million visitors to Greece. An example of how... that the government's goal this year is to secure 4 billion euros in travel receipts, compared to 18 billion... of them. In the run up to the pandemic, banks saw a series of positive developments with NPEs
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PM urges ministers to heed local vote warnings as opposition looks ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicselections, which saw New Democracy lose in five of the six remaining regional authority contests... on. Mitsotakis had been expected to travel to Israel on Thursday, but the plan has been cancelled. Government sources attributed the change of plan to security concerns. He will, however, travel to Cairo
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Newsletter 458 - 04/04/2025
other groups of public employees, but he wanted to manage these demands in a way he saw fit... of a total of 21.7 billion of travel receipts last year coming from European Union countries, led by Germany with 3.7 billion and France with 1.26 billion. Travel receipts from the USA amounted to 1.58
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Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyThe drop in Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 1.7 percent in December after peaking with a 2.9 percent decline in November, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.9 percent for the f...
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April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased by 1.27 billion in April, showing a monthly rise for the first time since December 2013, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline figure stood at 61.96 billion at the end...
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Most Greeks saw income fall over last year, limiting purchasing power
SocietyThe results of a survey by the Labour Institute (INE) of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), which was published on July 17, highlighted how salary earners’ purchasing power has been limited. The survey, conducted in cooperation with Alco...
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