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Newsletter 389 - 14/07/2023
the favourite for the contest, former labour minister Efi Achtsiouglou, put her name forward... than two candidates in the first ballot) to be held on September 10. This would be followed... become a millstone for the leftists. His popularity ratings were low, often lower than some other
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agoraof road. The programme has less than 18 months to run, Greece cannot fund itself beyond the summer... put the conservative opposition, New Democracy, 10 percentage points or more ahead. Tsipras had... (in terms of his and SYRIZA’s future) than hanging on until the last minute and signing up to a deal he
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Gennimata aims to secure centre-left leadership in run-off vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsarea in which Androulakis managed to gain more votes than his rival was on his native Crete, where he... leader a strong chance of winning Sunday’s ballot, although some commentators have pointed out that New.... The differences between the two candidates lie much more in style than substance and voters are to miss out
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Poll shows support for ND in several policy areas as pension bill debate heats up
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe pension bill, which the government put to public consultation last week, will be among the main.... The centre-right party has a strong lead over the main opposition according to a new opinion poll... and freelancers would have to pay under the new system would be higher than under the scheme
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Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023
conservative positions than he would like because of fears that the far-right, populist parties... to strong showings in both of this year’s elections, giving him not only a strong mandate from... as Mitsotakis has put much stock in the continued economic recovery. Under former Labour Minister Kostis
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Post-Covid era dawns on new landscape for bad debt in Greece
EconomyFeatureshave been transferred from their balance sheets, more than halving the volume of bank-held NPLs... measures introduced to manage the Covid crisis have put a temporary freeze on some aspects... for individual transactions rather than mass sales. Such transactions include an unspecified number
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A quarter-pounder democracy
AgoraJust under 17 years ago, New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman put forward a theory... of assessing whether Greek democracy and institutions have been downsized rather than supersized over.... Acemoglu and Robinson stress the role of a strong centralised government in creating
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Newsletter 128 - 21/07/2017
Govt retreats from bond issue Plans for possible market access put on hold as IMF feedback weighed up The Greek government was forced to put off this week its plans for issuing a bond and testing..., the IMF sees a growth rate of no more than 1 percent, due to the negative impact of an ageing
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Moody's raises Greece two notches to 'B1' but highlights challenges for further upgrades
Economyin the labour market are starting to be reflected in strong employment growth, which has been running at 2... Katseli law) are ongoing. Continued delay could put the euro area's promised transfer of close to 1... and professional public administration, consistently strong tax compliance and more generally a change
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Govt talks up benefits of pension reform as Delta variant concern grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsin contributions each year, will be paid to private insurance firms each year. As the bill is put to a two-week public consultation, it is certain that the reform will meet with strong opposition, focussing... authorities are alarmed by the rise of the Delta variant across Greece, although numbers are much lower than
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