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The quarterly national accounts from the income side
Agora(€45,972 million), the previous local peak). This means that real GDP has now recovered from the sharp... recorded before the pandemic hit their economies. Greece has had a large fiscal stimulus among EU... in Greece as compared with the euro-zone partners. The wage share has been around 34 percent in Greece
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Newsletter 314 - 29/10/2021
-right party in an unassailable position. Over the shorter-term, Mitsotakis has to deal with a resurgence... campaign has been effective enough. Hospitals in Thessaloniki started to overflow this week... for a combined 4 billion euros of funding in 2021, which has been surpassed by the 3.1 billion euros
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Opinion poll blow for govt as it considers further Covid measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA new opinion poll showing a substantial dip in support for New Democracy has caused consternation... pct overall, this is one of the largest, if not the largest, month-on-month decline that ND has seen... has fallen below 30 pct in a Metron Analysis poll during this period. The biggest winner
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New pension legislation aims to speed up operations at overwhelmed EFKA fund
PoliticsGreek Politicsof about 90 percent of the country’s labour force, has been struggling to clear a backlog of pension... into force in 2022 has created a surge in new applications. As many as 15,100 public sector... enhanced surveillance report, the institutions noted that the issuance of new pensions has virtually
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MEP takes comfortable lead over former PM in advance of KINAL leadership run-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsa greater level of support. In the days following the result, Papandreou has betrayed his irritation... Papandreou has sought to challenge Androulakis’s claim to be a force for the renewal of the party by claiming... the backroom negotiations. Papandreou’s fumble has allowed Androulakis to claim the higher ground
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Polls boost for KINAL after leadership vote, as Androulakis rolls out key appointments
PoliticsGreek Politics. KINAL (Movement for Change) has almost doubled its ratings with a gain of more than 5 percentage... a role the new leader himself has played in the swing. Androulakis is named third most popular leader... has dropped 3 percentage points since the start of the year. Androulakis gets the approval of 42 pct
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Govt hails success of vaccine mandate amid continuing surge in 'hard' indices of pandemic
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOn the day when fines kicked in for unvaccinated citizens over the age of 60, the government has... Greeks over 60 are now vaccinated, noting that the country has the second oldest population in Europe... admissions with Covid has reached new records, with 3,862 admissions in the week ending January 9
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ND and SYRIZA exchange broadsides, KINAL catches some flak
PoliticsGreek Politicsit, to show that the current administration has had to navigate numerous crises, including natural disasters and the Covid pandemic, but has managed to do so with “minimal losses”. His comment appeared... and intimidating Labour Ministry staff. Fourthiotis has recently taken to publishing on his social
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Athens treads carefully over Ukrainian stand-off
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece is closely monitoring developments on the Ukrainian crisis but has no intention of being... has been and still is in favour of de-escalation in the region. We keep open communication channels... the alliance it has chosen with the US but without causing annoyance in Moscow. Greece’s main aim
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Mitsotakis fast-tracks energy package announcement on eve of party conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsof 2.5 billion euros is being earmarked for the first half of 2023. Mitsotakis has decided to bring... Democracy party conference on Friday on a positive note and rally support within the party which has been...-wing opposition has been raising questions about the remuneration packages of energy company
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