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Government struggles to shake off impact of wildfires
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a broader trend rather than result of any local factors. Nevertheless, the extent of the destruction... in the coming years. This represents a more challenging task for Mitsotakis than the one he expected a few... box and then saw Alexis Tsipras step down as leader. Over the weekend, SYRIZA suggested that the data
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From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
Agorabegun to be seen as a hindrance to peace in the region rather than a benefit. The fate of the EastMed... the uptake of natural gas for heating. At the same time, however, 2022 saw a ramping up of exports... that neighbouring markets may be more fickle than originally thought. Exports from the Greek gas grid almost
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Newsletter 430 - 05/07/2024
will take after Mitsotakis has departed as its leader rather than an attempt to unseat him... another leadership challenge. By forging ahead, Kasselakis has communicated that he is more than... and if no candidate gets more than 50 pct of the votes, a second ballot will be held a week later. Androulakis
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Multiple facets of inequality in Greece: a decade of divergence between data and daily life
Societyand access to services. The post‑2018 recovery illustrates this dynamic clearly. Working households saw... coefficient, reflecting a sector where a small minority earns disproportionately more than the majority... for more than half of all unemployment even during periods of growth. As the report notes, this leads
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EU vote highlights Greek center-left's urgent need for renewal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expectation that the PASOK-led Elia alliance would receive less than the 8 percent it got... highlighted that Greece’s social democrats are sinking into the mire. The result of the EU vote saw... accepted that the government’s legitimacy would be in question if Elia did not gain more than 10
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agorarather than joke. After all, would humorous references about the way that politicians from other... to the “troika” of lenders, rather than the “institutions” mentioned in official documents, knowing this would... is in talks about a (politically toxic in Greece) third bailout despite European Commission denials, saw
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Total health spending down to 8.65 pct of GDP as public healthcare sees big drop
Societythe country’s statistics agencies that shows the drop is greater than previously reported. The Hellenic... funding as a percentage of GDP was higher in 2010 than previously recorded (9.84 percent as compared... lower than previously reported. Following OECD standards, the new data looks at healthcare expenditure
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Tsipras bides his time on confidence vote, weighs up options
PoliticsGreek Politicslet it be known that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who saw just 118 coalition MPs support... than 120 of the 300 lawmakers to back him. The government has 162 MPs but the prospect of Tsipras getting more than 150 votes seems slim as this would involve many of the 44 deputies who failed
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Some basic products in Greece among most expensive in EU
Society. Comparatively, fish is also more expensive in Greece than in most EU countries. Consumers pay 113 percent...). Indeed, oils and fats were one of the few categories that saw a price rise from 2014 to 2015... in 2015 than in the previous year (77.4 percent) in Greece, the data showed. The data is based
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From MoU exit to Grexit: Where next for Greece?
Agoraof primary surplus targets that would be lower than the 3.5 percent of GDP originally envisioned and for less than the 10 years agreed in the fraught summer of 2015. Armed with these gains... people, but also a much more positive legacy for Tsipras and SYRIZA to take with them than the last
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