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Some tasks, risks left as Greece takes another step to exit from post-bailout surveillance
EconomyProgramme. A scenario of higher interest rates brings debt down to 90 pct of GDP in 2060 and financing needs hover
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The Parable of the Populists and the Contemplatives
Agoracan, but do not have to be, financed with debt (e.g. a loan). As investment brings higher income
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Tsipras strengthens hold on leadership at fractious SYRIZA conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the membership, rather than by the conference delegates. This change brings SYRIZA closer in line
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Reopening of 7-year bond affirms tougher conditions on sovereign debt market
Economythe process on Wednesday, which brings the total for the issue to 3.92 billion euros, from 2.42
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Where is Odysseus? Part 3 - Participation
Agora, Iceland, Netherlands), which brings their statistics for hours worked per employee down (the OECD
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Remaining fiscal space could be squeezed for more cost-of-living measures as tension grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe special consumption tax on fuel, but this brings in 2.1 billion euros a year and ministry
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agorarecession are again prominent. The recovery in 2021-2023 brings real GDP back to the path
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Constitutional row follows political storm over prosecutor's intervention in surveillance probe
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn the latest twist in the surveillance affair, a controversial opinion by Greece's top prosecutor has come under sustained attack by opposition parties and constitutional experts. The widespread reaction brings the allegations of politically motivated phone-tapping back to the top of the agenda
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Industrial production drops for fourth straight month in Dec, up by 2.3 pct in 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) remained on negative ground in December, falling by 1.4 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a decline of 1.1 percent in November, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Friday. This brings the index into contraction for half
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Moment of reckoning for SYRIZA as firebrand MP threatened with deselection
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe falling out between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and one of his party’s most high-profile MPs, Cretan parliamentarian Pavlos Polakis, spelled more turmoil for Greece’s main opposition party. With elections widely believed to be a matter of weeks away, the episode brings to a head the internal
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