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ND doubles down on stricter migration policy, riling opponents
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants reaching the country from Libya. The measures include a three-month suspension... with Libya are troubled and the EU’s attempt to build ties with General Khalifa Haftar, the military leader of eastern Libya, ended in failure this week. It is expected in Athens that another effort
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Greece, Cyprus and Israel bolster trilateral ties as Turkey looms in background
PoliticsForeign Policyinvolving Cyprus. Libya also signalled readiness for dialogue. Aguila Saleh, speaker of Libya’s House... disputes stemming from the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum signed in 2019, which Athens deems illegal
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agorafor decades. Between 1981 and 2001, when Greece joined the euro, per capita income in Greece had almost... on imported goods. When Greece joined the euro, it was importing about 3 billion euros of good per... than they did last year. In contrast, the cost of basic goods has not fallen and some
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Greeks not self-inflicting HIV but new cases have been rising markedly
Society. In 2008, there were 5.8 HIV cases per 100,000 Greeks. By 2011, this had risen to 7.1 per 100,000... the potential long-term impact on health and spending when highly cost-effective prevention programmes
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The Greek crisis we don’t see
Agoraon people and their daily lives. The social cost of the crisis is often hidden from visitors and casual... spent 11.6 percent of its budget on healthcare, compared to an OECD average of 14.5 percent. Per... of income. The average basic pension in Greece is just under 700 euros per month. It has been
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HFSF 2013 annual report unveils accumulated losses of 15.1 bln and potential recovery value of 34.4 bln
EconomyBankingby the four systemic banks in December 2012 for their capital advance. On the cost front, personnel... to 18 thousand euros per month. In addition, Christos Sklavounis, Chairman of the General Council, received as remuneration 109 thousand euros since May 2013 corresponding to 13.7 thousand euros per
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Greek travel receipts continued upward course in October, rising by 4.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyby a decline in the travel spending per trip by 12 percent to 502 euros. October The breakdown of incoming... in the travel spending per trip to 604 euros. The highest growth rate in arrivals was posted by those from... negative effects are only temporal. In contrast, SETE stressed that the higher cost for hotel services
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
. The latter corresponds to an average of 1.15 billion per month. The second key finding is that the Of the 76... the new settlement, while the minimum instalment would be reduced from 50 to 20 euros per month... civil servants it believes were fired illegally. They are both carrying a political cost for trying
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Lack of time, lenders' demands back Greek gov't into corner
PoliticsGreek Politicsper month. Athens, however, seems reluctant to enforce the “zero deficit” rule that would stop..., possibly those over 300 euros per month. The Greek side may, though, point to the fact... the political cost” of adopting unpopular measures. Greece’s lenders see only a few days left
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Greece and lenders fail to bridge their differences in Brussels
PoliticsGreek Politicscomplained that creditors are not budging from demands for cuts of 1.8 billion euros per year (roughly 1 percent of GDP) to pensions and another 1.8 billion euros per year to be raised from increases..., the institutions have demanded similar cost savings of 1 percent of GDP (1.8 billion euros). Greece
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