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Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyin the aggregate period, as mentioned, 4.72 billion euros lower than the target of 38.22 billion euros... billion euros, lower than the target by 4.01 billion or 9.6 percent. On an aggregate basis, tax revenues... for the aggregate period was higher than the same period last year by 6.12 billion, due to the PIB which showed
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Health system feeling strain of Covid-19 second wave
PoliticsGreek Politicshigher Covid numbers than Athens over recent days, just 25 pct of ICU beds for coronavirus sufferers... for more than the three weeks announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is under pressure... the second lockdown at their summer homes or villages rather than being stuck in the city. Officials
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Overdue social security contributions rise to 37.4 bln in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomysettled, were transferred to KEAO. Before then, KEAO was fed by overdue contributions of more than 5,000... that 80.1 percent of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 4.50 billion... collection for 2017 came to 1.05 billion, higher than the amount for 2016 by 28.4 percent. For 2018
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Structural considerations for a prosperous Greece
Agorahas higher fertility rates than other euro zone countries). Further afield, Africa is the world’s..., transparent, and flexible. This is excellent advice, but easier said than done. A danger exists.... And a smaller economy has consequences: look no further than fiscal deficits and public debt incurred
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the past few days. As of Saturday, more than 230,000 Greeks had received at least the first jab... for Greeks would result in anything other than a resounding victory for ND. For the second time in a few..., they will be allowed to vote from their country of residence rather than having to return to Greece to cast
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Employment balance positive by 2,338 in January; big drop in both hirings and departures
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive with 2,338 more hirings than people leaving their jobs... 94,530 departures. That only just makes up more than half the activity seen in the same month of 2020... than departed. Negative balances were for those aged 45-64 (-441) and 64 and over (-394). Broken down
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University bill passes as parties' ideological dividing lines are laid bare
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the main problem afflicting tertiary education is a lack of funding and facilities rather than... or law and order, which critics claim is closer to the hard right than the political centre that Prime... leads a small party called New Right that gained less than 40,000 votes (0.66 pct) in the European
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(Dis)Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union
Agora. But it took more than two years to complete that task. While all countries in the region, except Kosovo... Balkan countries. The example of Croatia has shown that the path to the EU is more important than any... euroscepticism in the Western Balkans. Since 1996, the European Union has invested more than 3.5 billion euros
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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agora700,000 persons less than before the euro crisis. It will take a while before the full damage... progress is more durable than spectacular success stories. While the latter is politically more... in well before COVID-19 emerged. This observation deserves closer scrutiny. More than
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Pandemic raises economic pressure as govt hopes for imminent relief
PoliticsGreek Politics, but 106 higher than a week earlier. On the plus side, Greece surpassed 1 million vaccinations on Thursday and is set to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for 65s. More than 33,000 vaccinations were carried out on Thursday as the rollout gathers pace. More than 355,000 Greeks have received both
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