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Macedonia and other Greek words
Agoracapital has seen for some time. They were there to send a message regarding the meaning of a Greek... also be taken into account. The government’s popularity has nosedived since 2015, scepticism about the future is extremely high and the economy has yet to take off. This creates a climate of mistrust
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agorathink of a factory that makes widgets that consumers like to buy. The management of the factory then sees an opportunity to buy a new piece of equipment, a machine, that can double widget production... the cost of borrowing to buy this machine, against the added value, the higher profits
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Another spin of the wheel for Greece
Agorapile from around 180 percent of GDP until the current programme has been completed in 2018. Small... to the outcome of negotiations between Athens and the institutions. Unemployment has also edged down, dropping... puts this down to better tax collection but it has been helped by the fact that – because
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Council of Europe report warns over austerity-inflamed inequality in education
Societyin Greece measured by the OECDs Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has declined...A report on Greece by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has outlined how... has depended heavily on paying for expensive private cramming schools. While this system existed
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Moody's keeps Greece three notches from investment grade, improves outlook on back of growth potential
Economyfrom stable to positive. Moody’s has not taken an upgrade action since November 2020 and has Greece... the country’s sovereign rating one notch behind what the government has described as a “national goal... burden on a downwards path over the next few years. Moody’s joins the rest of the agencies that have set
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Tsipras denies Grexit plan, has work to do to keep Greece in euro
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted in the European Parliament on Wednesday that he has no plan... has left him politically dominant within Greece and New Democracy, To Potami and PASOK are left... for an agreement, which is set to include more fiscal measures than previous offers, but it is still not certain
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Government paves way for major U-turn on migration as opposition warns of interference in regulators
PoliticsGreek Politicsby arguing that much of the debate around pushbacks and deterrence measures has been “a distraction... in training. Kairidis told Greek media that the government wanted to utilise migrant labour in areas... to official figures presented by the minister, the number of legal immigrants in Greece has dropped
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Greece scores low on index for skills development, activation and matching
SocietyGreece has scored poorly in the first European Skills Index (ESI) released by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop). Cedefop works with the European Commission, EU... and training (VET). Their skills index is described as a “composite indicator measuring the performance
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Greece deal leaves many questions
Agorameasures as part of the third bailout. I think this third bailout will pass through all... and the IMF think about the deal. Both players remain ominously quiet on the agreement. Germany has... (when Greece has a big repayment to the ECB…if you feel like this is deja-vu from last month
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Between heaven and hell
AgoraWhat is the distance between heaven and hell? About 700 metres – I measured it on Monday. The morning after the referendum on the Eurogroup’s bailout proposal, I visited my local pharmacy, where my... for Greece. “Everything will be fine,” he said. I walked home and bumped into my neighbour. His view
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