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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
on debt relief The institutions are due to return to Athens next week to begin talks with the Greek... with pitfalls. Monday’s Eurogroup produced some progress as the Greek side agreed that it would legislate... to satisfy its lenders. The Eurogroup and subsequent comments from the Greek government
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Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017
arrivals by 1.8 percent to 1.59 million. Greek SMEs continue facing some of the biggest hurdles... in September. Under this scenario, the IMF would declare its satisfaction with the Greek programme as far... on Monday as a symptom of the Greek government’s failed negotiating strategy. New Democracy argued
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Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty
Agora– the last available quarterly data from ELSTAT – the Greek economy has lost 738,000 jobs, a 16.5... a conservative estimate of 20,000 job losses in the accommodation and food service activities, the Greek... investment budget, falling property prices, tight credit conditions and a heavily taxed property ownership
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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
Societyof the planned hospital-based psychiatric wards envisaged by a jointly funded EU-Greek mental health action plan... of “the greatest success of Greek psychiatric reform to date: the closure of psychiatric hospitals”. “Given... Intelligence Unit’s Mental Health Integration Index, which compares policies and conditions in 30 European
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High levels of dissatisfaction among Greeks, Eurostat report shows
SocietyGreek people are among the most dissatisfied people in Europe regarding a range of aspects of life...). “The underlying reason behind the negative assessment made by Greek residents is likely to have been...” framework was developed and is organised along 8 plus 1 dimensions: material living conditions
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Tsipras rages against EU over refugee crisis but own goals unclear
PoliticsForeign Policyin Greek Parliament on Friday, declaring himself “ashamed” of the way that the European Union... sets in and the conditions for crossing the Aegean worsen. There is also criticism from volunteer groups that authorities, including the Greek coast guard, the EU border agency Frontex and medical
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Fiscal Council optimistic on 2016 target, sees next year’s goals as feasible
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Greek Fiscal Council published on Tuesday its first semi-annually report on fiscal..., the key issue for the Greek economy is to achieve a sustainable recovery. Moreover, the Fiscal Council... year’s target is feasible under conditions. The panel of experts highlights that this year’s revenue
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Lesvos tragedy, Erdogan threat ratchet up refugee crisis pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsaccident at the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos, highlighting the continuing challenges the Greek... admitted that the slow pace of returns and relocation is partly the result of shortages on the Greek... if the conditions on the islands worsen. There was a sign of this kind of unrest in Parliament on Friday, when
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New measures to ease capital controls, lift restrictions on opening bank accounts
EconomyMacroeconomymonth, per unique customer ID, per banking institution, and relates to both Greek and foreign banking..., boosting confidence in the Greek banking system internally and in turn, improving investor sentiment...., along with an increase in the limit for overseas money transfers. The key conditions include faster
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Manufacturing PMI up to 54.2 in May, completing 12 months of rises
EconomyMacroeconomyeconomic conditions and higher new orders. Markit analysts note that “May saw the recovery in the Greek...The Greek manufacturing sector’s recovery completed a full year of expansion in May, with Markit’s... conditions in the sector is reflected on the twelfth consecutive month of a rise in manufacturing output
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