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Unresolved scandals fuel tetchiness, personal battles between parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Greek European Prosecutor Popi Papandreou - of engaging in “political games” aimed at damaging the Greek
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MEP Androulakis takes first round in KINAL leadership vote after notable turnout
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe leadership of KINAL in a run-off ballot next Sunday after an impressive turnout in the first round..., in November 2017, which led to Fofi Gennimata and Androulakis going into a run-off vote. Given... to have worked in his favour. Run-off vote He is now a clear favourite to beat Papandreou in Sunday
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We can't ignore population shifts within the European Union
Agorain EU countries. The EU Commission, in its long-run fiscal sustainability reports appears even... that cannot be reversed or turned around in the short run. Demographic scenarios should be taken seriously... to be the bedrock for long-run economic and fiscal planning. Creating a sound/balanced economy starts
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agorafor healthy long-run prospects. As a result of this new reality, we adjust the aspirational path of 2018 for Greece’s long-run productivity growth, from 1.5 percent a year on average to 1 percent on average... a year, as shown for the long run, and using annual data, in Figure 4. The reader may see that the loss
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agorabias. We noted that the long-run outlook for real GDP growth in the EU27 as a whole appeared... that the long-run productivity outlook is based on a notion of “convergence.” This posits that past.... There is no easy solution. * * * EU Commission Scenario Revisions The EC staff updates its real GDP long-run
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Newsletter 316 - 12/11/2021
saw support for the two main parties drop by a combined 5 points, appears to be centre-left KINAL... Gennimata. KINAL saw its backing increase from 8.5 pct in October to 9.8 pct this month. There were also... effect on the sector. It saw its sales rise by almost 80 pct in the last quarter, with the sector
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Newsletter 407 - 12/01/2024
regarding profitability champions in Greece for 2022. The study finds that companies involved in fuel saw.... Companies in the food sector saw their EBITDA increase by more than 50 pct to 718.5 million euros, while... up by 15 pct to 5.53 billion euros and metals products and construction nearly saw their sales
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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
marked by massive withdrawals, in what is known as a bank run. Citing banking sources, local media... higher interest rates. The withdrawals are certainly not comparable to those in the run-up to the June... there will be a bank run, says New Democracy. The government is even capable of staging a bank run to damage us
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Newsletter 44 - 25/09/2015
in technical expertise, in other words the know-how needed to run the country, just as it was in January... leader Panos Kammenos. Kammenos returned to the Defence Ministry and Tsipras got his waiver to run..., who is also expected to run, envision a party that is much further to the right. Such centrifugal
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