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Newsletter 263 -11/09/2020
pct of people living on Northern Aegean islands saw migration as a threat to Greece. In February... focus on showing that it is adopting a stricter approach than its predecessor, such as advocating closed... for auction last Wednesday. with the main interest coming from banks rather than private individuals
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PBO highlights pandemic impact on economy, sees 2020 recession of 8.5 to 9.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyannounced recently for Q2 2020 was deeper than its own estimate from April of -13.7 pct. Combined with the small recession of the first quarter, this signals that the impact on the economy is sharper than... decline of 63.3 pct in transport equipment, while machinery also saw a drop of 6.7 pct. On the other
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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours
PoliticsGreek Politics, with 67 patients intubated in ICUs and 3 more deaths bringing the total death toll to 316. More than... employees’ union POEDYN put the estimates lower than official figures, at 607 total ICU beds nationwide..., which has faced criticism for an error in procurement which saw oversize masks distributed to students
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EastMed, defence and energy dominate Pompeo's visit, leaving Athens satisfied
PoliticsForeign Policythan acceptable,” he said. Earlier on Monday, the United States and Greece issued a joint call... his neutral stance.” Reports in The Times and the German press saw Pompeo’s visit to Greece... defence spending, the first for more than a decade, that was announced by Mitsotakis recently
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Golden Dawn sentencing excites political controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conviction of Golden Dawn as a victory for ND, saying that his government “did nothing more than [its... into the actions of the police which saw a large section of the popular demonstration cleared within... that sentences are served in more cases than under the previous laws, while those convicted could also
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Conclusion of Golden Dawn trial unlikely to usher in greater political unity
PoliticsGreek Politicsvoting tendencies were shown to be more in line with New Democracy than SYRIZA. According to research... extremists and that New Democracy even saw GD as a potential future ally, which is why the ND leader’s... than create greater unity in Greek politics, the conviction of far-right extremists will only fuel
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Pandemic takes heavy toll on Greek workers, study finds
EconomyFeatures, receiving less than 50 percent of their salary and exposing them to a particularly high risk... an increase in the number of persons receiving less than 200 euros per month. In Q2 2019, only 1... of three categories: Either they saw their work suspended for three months, were registered as unemployed
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Newsletter 278 -14/12/2020
on investments. Wednesday also saw the completion of the auction of the first 5G licenses, in which... are aiming to vaccinate more than 2 million Greeks next year, but recent opinion polls indicate... part of the regulatory capital, more than half of it, consists of Deferred Tax Credits (DTCs
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Running the wrong way: Rama's spat with the EU over vaccination underlines growing frustration
Agora. In the same month, Albania saw medical equipment blocked at the border with Greece under the same EU... become less predictable than it used to be. As a result, be it in Skopje, Tirana, Pristina... elections. With less to offer Albanians than in 2013 or 2017, but equally eager to win elections
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PM tries to contain Covid confusion as protests on education and lockdowns intensify
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter a rough start to the week, which saw a cacophony of statements by government ministers... in an interview which had the feel of a fireside chat, he nonetheless appeared less at ease than on previous... his government’s political missteps than to offering reassurance to an increasingly nervous
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