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Economic sentiment stable in Feb, consumer confidence improves
EconomyMacroeconomyat 90.7 points in January 2021 and has since recovered all the deterioration suffered during... period, the ESI has increased by 17.2 points compared to March 2021. The indicator hit its most... points in February, from 115.2 points in January. The EEI has risen by 5.4 points in the rolling
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agoracountry has a balance sheet that shows that when the country sells the oil, it is selling the country’s... factory has a family with kids. He (or she) has bought a big house with an equally big mortgage... and residues from the disposals and garbage that has not been properly treated, and for which no-one has ever
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Newsletter 330 - 04/03/2022
Kiev because, like Ukraine, ut has a larger and more powerful neighbour, Turkey, that poses... that will be caused by the conflict in Ukraine. The Energy and Environment Ministry has already announced... has now shifted to chemicals, metals and machinery. The trade balance with Russia is naturally
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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan as Greek ties with Russia collapse
PoliticsForeign Policy, and Brussels - but usually on the sidelines of NATO or UN Summit. This time, Erdogan has personally... on Tuesday by the Greek government spokesman. “Kyriakos Mitsotakis has always been open to a meeting... in his recent interview with Alpha TV. Speaking before the latest plenary session in Parliament, he has
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Authorities ready energy "plan B" for potential supply disruptions as cost of living prompts strike
PoliticsGreek Politicsmetres by the end of the year. In addition, DESFA has entered negotiation with its Italian... with the energy minister and the head of PPC which owns the units. So far, the disruption has only been... in March, to hit 334 euros/MWh. There has been no public discussion of potential energy rationing
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Covid restrictions to be relaxed but public fixated on cost-of-living crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggests the pandemic has slipped down the list of voters’ priorities and that, ahead of elections... point. However, the pandemic has been downgraded in the public consciousness even though close to 350... on Wednesday, taking the total since the pandemic began to 28,344. Instead, voters’ attention has
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Newsletter 335 - 15/04/2022
Commission, which oversees the debt sustainability analysis (DSA), has in each review reiterated... in August last year. The rise in borrowing costs has put on hold the execution of Greece’s debt strategy... of living is by far the biggest issue on voters’ minds. New Democracy has put together a bill that aims
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Effort to keep Greek-Turkish ties on even keel put under stress
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under strain over... in discussions with Greece, it has not abandoned its claims in the Aegean. However, Ankara does not believe... these kind of weapons because it has concerns about weakening its own defences. But the Greek side
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Economic sentiment drops sharply in Apr, consumer confidence hits lowest since 2017
EconomyMacroeconomysentiment has been on the mend for a while, having recovered all the deterioration suffered during..., but sentiment has been sliding since then. Over the rolling 12-month period, the ESI is now even lower than... by 1.7 points month-on-month. The recovery in Greece’s consumer confidence has halted. The index
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Much riding on EU approval of plan to cap energy prices
PoliticsGreek Politicsto present Athens’s proposal to DG Energy on Wednesday. In total, the government has budgeted 4.3 billion... platform for attacking the government, especially as the cost of living has become the top concern... has sought to place itself prominently and clearly in the pro-Ukraine camp, are guilty
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