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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
Agora. In order to succeed, constructive criticism must not be called "high treason", but must be accepted... International, in terms of the corruption index, Croatia did worse than Rwanda in 2020. For two years... programming period of cohesion policy, so it is announced that it will get more money than other countries
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The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant
Agoraspread faster than the virus itself. This type of news knew no borders, nor did they distinguish age... with the virus was overestimated, because they thought the virus was much less dangerous than...% of respondents believed that the number of infected people in Kosovo is much higher than reported
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Labour compensation and productivity in the EU-27 and Greece
Agora. This “market test” is important in order to find out what firms are efficient and productive, and those..., there is a large premium on working for the private sector, rather than for the government. The EU economy... salaries in the 2000s than the private sector (average of around 25 euros per hour, versus 20 euros
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Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?
Agoralong-run visibility is needed. Productivity: We have spent no less than 4 out of 7 previous blogs..., for now, these projections to be too optimistic. Potential growth in Greece is likely to be less than... productivity by hiring people at a faster pace than they contribute to output (this happens
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One unicorn does not a Silicon Valley make: positive news on startup front also highlights limitations
EconomyFeaturesmore than twice the number of startups, with 35 per 100,000 people. The overwhelming majority of Greek... employ fewer than 10 people, while in the Found.ation report around 7 in 10 startups consist of fewer than 5 people. Only a couple of outliers employ more than 100 people. Economic impact The Hellenic
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Deal with Germany over arms to Ukraine irks opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the German leader, rather than Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and that there had been... claims that Greece has sent more military equipment to Ukraine than it has made public. Apart from..., rather than “Turkish provocations”, is seen as the most pressing problem by voters: 36 pct say
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Newsletter 344 - 01/07/2022
some growth in order to tame inflation and this is causing headwinds for governments trying to escape... was immediately higher than that on which the scheme’s calculations had been based. Officials... attacks than other key themes, such as the economy or foreign policy. The list of achievements
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Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
PoliticsGreek Politicspositions (i.e. greater than 40 pct share) and to act on these. He explained that the process... that Greece’s watchdog now completes such probe in less than half the average time needed in the EU. He..., conducts research on prices and monitors more than 60,000 supermarket products daily using
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings
PoliticsGreek Politicsconnected to the Tempe train crash in order to make the claim that the accident was solely the result..., local rather than inter-city, train. To Vima reports that the audio clip was published by government... and that the investigation has been based on these rather than any doctored material. The Mitsotakis
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Newsletter 437 - 18/10/2024
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears to be coming from his right, rather than the left. Androulakis took... the party based on what it has to offer in terms of policies, rather than tacking on other political... disinformation around issues such as migration, foreign policy and law and order to generate support among
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