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  1. Multiple crises fence in Greece
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    funds. The country’s main social security fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid..., which saw the early signs of an economic recovery wiped out and Greece’s banks undermined... is the number of pressing problems Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces. In the daze caused by those tense

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  2. Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016

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    the unilateral action we saw from the SYRIZA-led administration last year. The government made it clear... Macedonia (+11.6 percent) and North Aegean (+5.3 percent). January saw the number of building permits hit... into major balance sheet problems, the Fondazioni are not in a position to contribute on their own

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  3. Promises and challenges of Greece's "green new deal"

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    Democracy government to speed up “de-lignitisation” - though it no doubt also saw an opportunity to put... to be systematically incentivised after 2001, and the ensuing decade saw a rapid growth in the installation... some of the chronic problems of Greece’s electricity supply. The 29 autonomous islands currently

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  4. Newsletter 393 - 15/09/2023

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    was at 102.2 points in Q3 2008. Old apartments - those over five years old - saw their prices increase by 14.1 pct YoY. New properties saw price increases of 13.8 pct YoY. Prices in Athens and Thessaloniki... by a sense that the same chronic problems which plagued Greece in the past are still prevalent

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  5. Company closures dropped sharply during the pandemic
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    and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” which saw 8,082 closures. While that may seem... actually dropped 18.9 percent. In fact, only one sector saw an increase in the number of closures in 2020: electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which saw an increase of 26.4 percent

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  6. What we've got here is a failure to communicate

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    debt problem must focus on reducing debt-servicing costs, which will run at about 9 billion euros... Europe when SYRIZA was elected evaporated quickly. Winning it back in an environment where the key... the impression of a government winging it. This impression was compounded by Varoufakis suggesting a debt

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  7. October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight

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    to the targets being beaten over the last four months, even though there is a steady increase

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  8. Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
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    Greece’s coalition has two more hurdles to clear before it stumbles over the finishing line at the end of the year, exhausted and battered but not quite yet beaten. The first challenge is to pass the new property tax, which unites previous disparate levies in one charge, through Parliament. The new

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  9. First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
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    Democracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis

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  10. Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010

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    beaten by that of Cyprus (-7.9 percent). In addition, Greece and Cyprus are the only two countries

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