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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesThe plight of the Greek middle class has emerged as the dominant theme of the campaign for the July...) households’ disposable income fell by more than a third between 2010-2016 and has shown only... from tax returns shows that there has been a dramatic downward shift in earnings over the years
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek Solution, have indicated that they will not back the government’s proposal. Greek Solution has 10... percentage point the party has gained, reaching a ceiling of 50 seats if 40 percent or more of the votes... it has long supported a switch to proportional representation, arguing that this is a fairer and more
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
and investment policies for the 2021-23 period. The government has already indicated it will be basing its..., while the OECD has pointed out in its latest report that immediate work on reforms must continue post... to Mitsotakis but the prime minister has avoided going into detail about what is in the proposal and what
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Greece's post-lockdown hubris
Agorathe general public has embraced the scientific guidance in the post-lockdown environment. What went... – flock. It is fortunate that the anti-lockdown or anti-mask message has not been consciously adopted... provided another forum for sceptics and conspiracy theorists of all stripes, whose stock-in-trade has
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Trouble from Turkey prompts plans for extra defence spending after years of cuts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing tension between Greece and Turkey has sparked talk among government officials in Athens about boosting defence spending which, in turn, has fuelled positive and critical reaction from commentators. There has been speculation for several weeks that the Greek government is preparing
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North Macedonia's road to Brussels: Breaking the vicious cycle
Agoraof Justice. Last year, however, the road to Brussels was closed once again. Now Bulgaria has set its mind... the process, which has led to a dead-end. At this point, the conditionality policy has been compromised... is simply not ready for new enlargement. With things as they are in the Union, functioning has become
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It will happen when it happens - The vaccination entanglement in North Macedonia
AgoraThe Government of the Republic of North Macedonia has agreed on 833,000 doses of the AstraZeneca..., arrived in the country at the end of March. While the Government has consistently insisted... government had returned the advance payment because the Macedonian Government has included a phantom
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Post-Covid era dawns on new landscape for bad debt in Greece
EconomyFeaturesthe line, a new set of instruments and institutions has emerged to manage bad debt, a large portion of which has been transferred from the banks to other entities. The new landscape which has emerged presents a sunnier prospect for banks but has not removed bad debt from the picture. The management
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Athens tries to rekindle ties with North Macedonia after period of stasis
PoliticsForeign Policyagreement signed between Skopje and Ankara. The latter has provoked serious suspicions in Athens... that this agreement has been signed within the framework of NATO and with no intention to rile Athens.... On the other hand, however, the Greek government has not yet ratified three protocols
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Newsletter 315 - 05/11/2021
pct. The number of people dying from the virus has hovered around 50 a day this week. Reacting... to be seen to be taking back freedoms from the vaccinated. The official government line has been to put... was announced. Mitsotakis argued that the availability of vaccines has radically downgraded the public
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