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Greece's public healthcare in a muddled and troubled state
EconomyFeaturesand rising unemployment have led to the country’s public healthcare landscape has taken a heavy beating... to the problem, Greece’s exodus of qualified professionals shows no sign of abating, and this has... on health expenditure has increased from 35.6 percent in 2013 to 39 percent in 2014. The split between
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Economic sentiment improves to its highest level of 90.7 pts for 2016, consumer confidence falls by 1.2 pts
EconomyMacroeconomy, which is the highest reading in the course of 2016. Since the beginning of the year, ESI has improved by 3.3 points, while has risen by 8.8 points from its recent low of 76.1 in August 2015... respectively. Construction confidence has improved at a slower pace of 11.9 points since August 2015.
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Wages index up by 0.7 pct in Q1 for second straight increase
EconomyMacroeconomypercent decline in Q4. Over the past five quarters, the wages index has rebounded QoQ only once... 2000, the lowest reading of 78.8 has been recorded in Q1 2000, while the record high of 120.4 was posted in Q1 2010. The wages index has nosedived 27.7 percent thereafter largely reflecting the internal
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Majority of Greeks now view EU in bad light, survey indicates
SocietyMost people in Greece now have a negative view of the European Union, with share of Greeks that views the EU in a bad light rising 13 percentage points to hit 51 percent, the latest Eurobarometer has..., the gap between countries has widened even more and has reached a new record, with 85 points
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SETE study presents short- and longer-term prospects of Greek tourism
EconomyMacroeconomy, the additional tax burden over the last 12 months has resulted in a reduction of the Greek tourism... in 2016. SETE points out that the average expenditure per trip has recorded a notable drop... the number of overnights has dropped from 10 days to less than 8 in 2015 and is expected to remain
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Justice can't be blind to facts in 2009 deficit case
Agorathat Greece had to make. Georgiou has been accused by former colleagues of doctoring Greece’s figures... that has been peddled by all three at one time or another to suit their political ends. Having adopted... justice system has failed to see all this after so many years is a great cause for concern
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Greece's 2009 deficit makes for a good conspiracy; shame about the numbers
Agoraand International Monetary Fund-led programme in 2010. The matter has recently resurfaced and Georgiou could face... the Athens Appeals Court. Nobody should be surprised that the saga of the 2009 deficit has not gone... to the lives and prospects of millions of Greeks. The current crop of Greek politicians has not missed
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Mitsotakis tends to internal disputes ahead of renewed assault on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the previous headquarters (9,800 vs 95,000). Given the party has debts of more than 200 million euros... ago, the new president has suffered some criticism from party colleagues. Some moderates in New... to Tsipras, Mitsotakis also has to find a way to unite his party and overcome internal fractures
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Apartment prices drop by 2.7 pct in Q2, slowest rate since Q1 2010
EconomyMacroeconomydecrease recorded in 2014. The biggest drop of 11.7 percent over the past seven years has been posted in 2012, while the rate of fall has decelerated since then. At the same time, housing loans have... classified as non-performing exposures (NPEs) at the end of Q1. In addition, building activity has tumbled
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Tsipras puts proposals to socialist leaders, resumes bailout talks ahead of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the process for the next bailout review to begin. Athens still has 15 prior actions to complete ahead... government has made it clear that it is not willing to accept further liberalisation of the labour market... becoming a contentious issue politically, as until now the government has mostly been targeted
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