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Disposable income rises by 3.5 pct YoY in Q3, final consumption up by 0.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyhas now remained in positive territory for ten consecutive quarters. The absolute figure landed... at 15.41 billion. Employee compensation has risen by 1.7 percent since 2012, recovering after a long period... rose by 12.1 percent YoY to reach 284 million. Since 2012, property income has declined by 61.4
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Lenders conclude 'productive' talks on fifth review but issues remain as Athens targets fiscal space
EconomyProgrammeit introduced is rather modest and has barely touched the middle class, which was meant to be one... notably the low interest rates that Greek sovereign debt has been enjoying over the past year... their argument that the 3.5 percent of GDP surplus goal has been made redundant by developments
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A virus is spreading across China, but so is the demand for transparency
Agoraof the healthcare system. China has a centralised, top-down system. In this emergent global health..., notably the SARS virus, which lasted from November 2002 to July 2003, the current crisis has... credibility. Never has health policy had such an impact on the future political legitimacy
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Retail turnover increases by 4.1 pct in Nov, volume up by 3.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomya slightly upward revised increase of 7.2 percent in October. As with sales, the volume index has turned positive six times in the first 11 months of the year, and has stayed positive for four... and came to -10 in January. Compared to January 2019, consumer confidence has shown an improvement
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Italian support over Libya buoys Athens as it looks to build broad East Med alliance
PoliticsForeign Policythat Rome appears ready to address this longstanding matter, which has to do with the conversion... that the Italian side has many ideas, including another meeting resembling the one that took place in Palermo in November 2018, which could be supplementary to the Berlin process. Athens has
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Govt takes up fiscal requests with EU as pressure over min wage, main homes mounts
Politicsfor the primary surplus target to be reduced from 3.5 pct of GDP for 2021 and 2022. The government has a strong... comments, SYRIZA has tried to pile on the pressure. During a parliamentary committee discussion... if they remained in power. Now in opposition, SYRIZA has put this proposal back on the table, triggering
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Greece faces dilemma over how to address relations with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policy, a subject Greece has avoided even discussing. However, decisions on these matters are more complex than they seem. An appeal to the Hague should not be considered as a panacea, even though the idea has... last May at the United Nations and this has not stopped Ankara from sending floating drills
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Athens treads softly as North Macedonia heads to elections and EU mulls accession
PoliticsForeign PolicyActing Foreign Minister held an emergency press conference on Sunday. Dimitrov revealed that Athens has... that the Agreement "has made possible North Macedonia's entry to NATO and its strong candidature to open... the EU Council in March. The main reason for this is that the European Commission has recently
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ND steps up efforts to build island detention centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politics60,000, were almost double last year compared to the previous two years. The government has already..., saying that it confirms ND has no plans to move asylum seekers away from the islands to the mainland, which the opposition party sees as the main response required. The government has transferred
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Government and local authorities reach impasse over migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politicsprocedures linked to the measures. The development has led to the cancellation of a scheduled meeting... the situation on the border islands has handed would-be challengers from across the political spectrum... has acted as a spokesman for local communities, is himself a former ND candidate who ran
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