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How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
Agorathe Greek economy has put close to 757,000 people back into jobs. The employment figure is at 4.24 million... sector has 244,000 fewer workers, more than half of the total gap. Another laggard in job creation... more than 200,000 fewer foreign workers compared to the 2008 high, when 389,000 foreign nationals
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NBG profits up to 714 mln in 9M as NPE ratio is reduced further
EconomyBankingperiod of 2020, improving by 19 pct. Pre-provision income (PPI) stood at 963 million euros, down by 24 pct on the 1.27 billion euros of 9M 2020. Core PPI was 551 million euros, against 439 million... exited moratoria as of the end of last year and less than 4 pct as of November is in default, at 3
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China's footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
Agoraand ambitions in the Balkans and Central Europe. The initial investment in a container port terminal... of then Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis leased half of the container port from PPA to the China Ocean... 2014 China Development Bank Costa Mare Transport Container Shipping 1.1 Completed Official Lending
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... official told Reuters that the bond issue plans have been put on hold due to the market turbulence... sensing that the debt relief package which Greece’s lenders are due to put forward is likely to fall
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At the bottom of the Balkans: Kosovo's bumpy road in securing vaccines
Agoraput new restrictive measures such as a curfew, allowing only take away restaurants, and schools were... the cooperation with neighboring countries like Albania to combat Covid-19. Also, he put the emphasis... during this pandemic are similar with those of thriller movies where the lives of the citizens are put
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicswords were primarily aimed at MPs rather than voters. The only tangible announcement made by Samaras... tax would be 283 percent higher than in 2012, when it was raised from 60 to 330 euros per 1,000... that a new bout of political instability could put Greece’s fragile recovery at risk. He spoke
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IMF far more pessimistic than eurozone on Greek debt, urges significant relief
EconomyProgrammethereafter up to 275 percent in 2060 mostly due the anticipated high cost of market financing more than... it will not fall below a floor of 4.5 percent. Compared to the latest DSA put together by the eurozone... with weaker than expected policies resulting in lower primary surpluses of 1 percent of GDP
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Opposition tries to put surveillance scandal back on political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand transparency committee is the first step in the effort to put New Democracy under more pressure as opinion... and on Tuesday he indicated that the government is unlikely to put forward a third round of its Fuel Pass
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agorawas it then that Bulgaria decided to ignore prudent practice and put all of its eggs in one basket... of the price tag the Bulgarian government had put on its citizens. These are the savings from choosing... with Macropolis (Greece), Lupiga (Croatia), Sbunker (Kosovo), Ne Davimo Beograd (Serbia), Analiziraj
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Eurobank's NII jumps by 56.2 pct in H1 to more than 1 bln
EconomyBankingpercent. Core pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 76 percent year-on-year (YoY) in H1 to 869.2
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