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  1. From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
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    the uptake of natural gas for heating. At the same time, however, 2022 saw a ramping up of exports

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  2. All eyes on PM's choice for next president at start of New Year
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy party saw some of its support ebb away in 2024, while the fortunes of its most immediate...Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s return from his Christmas holidays also marks the ramping up of interest in who he will put forward as candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. Much

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  3. Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
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    of the scale in terms of the length of proceedings. Greece saw the number of incoming civil and commercial... on average in 2012. Only Portugal (860) and Malta (707) took longer. Greece also had the lowest rate (65..., with 7.8 cases per 100 inhabitants, in 2012. Portugal and SI, both on 15, and Croatia, on 9.6, were

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  4. Our most popular stories in 2014

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    for only 28 percent of exports when the same figure for Portugal is 40 percent and the EU and OECD... by Portugal and Italy, while the respective EU average stood at 1.7 for 2012. The breakdown... 1,000 inhabitants. The study showed that Greece and Portugal were the only countries that showed

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  5. Key factors in cost-of-living crisis not kept in check
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    purchasing power is included. A typical example is Portugal, where the same basket is 3 pct more expensive, but wages in Portugal are 23 pct higher than Greece. The basket in Spain is 0.37 pct more expensive... that companies involved in fuel saw their EBITDA rise by some 237 pct in 2022 to 2.94 billion euros

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  6. Athens believes name deal still alive, waits for move from Zaev
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    announcement also gives emphasis to the fact that the referendum is consultative. Many saw this reference... referendum was void due to a low turnout. This reference in the Ministry's announcement hints at an ongoing

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  7. Greece - Some structural macroeconomic arithmetic
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    emerges? We can give some hints at this, too. Consider fiscal policy. Greece has signed up..., as we saw above. With 2 percent inflation, that makes for 2¾ percent nominal growth. If the 60 percent

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  8. New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill

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    by the former PM, who recently told a Sunday newspaper that he saw it as his duty as a former premier... the seeds of its implementation. It also hints that a similar path may beckon for other initiatives

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  9. Greek pupils score below average in international rankings as long-term problems persist
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    to students in Portugal, France and Estonia. These countries were compared due to France having a similar education system to Greece, Portugal having a similar economic size and Estonia, which was the best... it is 43.3 percent, in Estonia 22.5 percent, in France 15.9 percent and in Portugal 15.2 percent

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  10. Greek teachers low paid, but work shorter hours in smaller classes
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    qualifications earned 60 percent of the OECD average of $42,825. Greek teachers also saw their salaries..., Greek teachers also saw their net salaries shrink as a tax for solidarity was created. This tax... fell by at least 5 percent between 2008 and 2013 in the same period in England, Iceland, Portugal

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