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Spotlight on challenges to labour productivity growth
EconomyMacroeconomy. Greece features near the top of productivity growth for micro enterprises, second only to Lithuania near the 3 pct average growth mark. However, in all other three categories of firm size Greece is near or at the bottom of the rankings. For small enterprises the average productivity growth in Greece
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PM presents roadmap for relaxing lockdown, highlights political messages from handling of Covid-19
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the parameters of the new rules that will be in place from May 4, explaining to Greeks the need for caution... returning to normal, some small businesses, like hairdressers, will be able to open on May 4... will be allowed up to 4 customers. Larger shops will be allowed an extra customer for each 10
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agoraas of March 16th, 2021 and 4 of them (1.86 billion doses) have been approved for use within the EU. There are also at least 4 more vaccines that have been approved for use in at least one country in the world. There are 4 main types of vaccines – mRNA, adenovirus (i.e. viral vector), protein-based
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
First such issue since 2010 proves popular with yield dipping below 4 percent The positive sentiment... such issue in March 2010 was 6.3 percent. Greece has not seen yields of below 4 percent for 10-year.... “I’ve said ‘give me 6-12 months to prove that I’m serious in terms of reforms
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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicson November 4 to check whether 12,500 civil servants have been placed in a mobility scheme... were pushing hard for a significant number of dismissals. “There were asking me to give them numbers
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Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?
Agorapercent. 4. Uneven distributional costs – Unbalanced availability of compensation Let me offer some
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Tsipras eyes expansionary measures in 2019 as he starts building post-MoU narrative
PoliticsGreek Politicsis also targeting more revenues from previously undeclared incomes. He revealed that around 4 billion... available for three months,” said Tsipras. “It has made a great impression on me that three or four
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Over to PMs after progress in Macedonia name talks
PoliticsForeign Policyof talks in both Thessaloniki, on May 4 and in Vienna, at the end of April. One of these concerns.... They haven’t proposed two or three years to me either, to be clear.” Meanwhile, a coalition leak
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agorawith the economy, bring down taxes, encourage social mobility and drive growth at almost double the rate (4... responsibilities would diminish) and provide an immediate pick-me-up for the economy. There are doubts
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After 2019 budget, lenders turn attention to Greek post-MoU reform tasks
EconomyProgrammewith the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to use 4 billion euros from the cash buffer to pay off part of Greece’s... currently demanded by investors. “They should come and say the same thing to me in two, three or four
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