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Greece - On the importance of productivity growth
Agoraassociated with realpolitik. The absolute size of economies cannot be measured only in terms of GDP... downturn in 2020 is severe (in GDP per capita terms), but we argue that it is a transitory effect... crucial implications for policy making in Greece. The constraints we have identified, both in terms
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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
AgoraInternational, in terms of the corruption index, Croatia did worse than Rwanda in 2020. For two years... in all, Croatia has not made good use of its eight years of membership, neither in terms of European money nor in terms of the principles of so-called European values. We can only hope that in the future
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Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
Society, reaching parity in terms of enrolment in primary and tertiary education. Performance, however, is very mixed in terms of economic participation and opportunity. Women participate equally... medicine and law). In terms of overall labour force participation, however, there are around 8 women
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PBO outlines positives from 2021, warns about uncertainty in 2022
Economythat Greece’s public debt still has a comfortable maturity profile and the terms are broadly... pressure from inflation, which has pushed up HICP to 4 pct. Aside from the immediate impact in terms..., particularly in the case of Greece, with ita weak health system in terms of infrastructure and staffing
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Covid dominates start of 2022 but PM looks ahead to growth
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe new year begins much like the previous one in political terms as Covid is again the dominant... threat, Greece should have performed better in terms of the mortality rate and the public health services it offered. He accused the government of flip-flopping in terms of its Covid policy
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One unicorn does not a Silicon Valley make: positive news on startup front also highlights limitations
EconomyFeatures, while Portugal, the country closest to Greece in terms of population size and economic scale, has... ecosystem is maturing in terms of fundraising, but that aspect still remains a challenge relative to other... founded by them follow suit in terms of location”. From a business perspective this arguably makes
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Rising bond yields a concern, but not an immediate fiscal problem
Economythe situation represents a total shift from the favourable terms enjoyed over the last two years... the favourable terms of the official loans will switch to market rates. According to the Commission’s... portion of official sector loans with favourable terms, which will need to be refinanced with more
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PM trails more relief, insists on dominant role for ND in future govt
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe opportunity to rebuff the terms put forward by PASOK/KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis for his party’s... terms in which it was couched, the fact that Mitsotakis has shown willing to engage in bargaining over... to tackle the ongoing inflation crisis. In terms of further relief measures, the prime minister hinted
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Turkey's new Libya MoU prompts swift reaction from Athens, which mulls further moves
PoliticsForeign Policythe way for Turkey to contest and challenge in practical terms Greek sovereign rights if, or when... not keep silent.” Athens is betting on Cairo in terms of both diplomacy and military cooperation. According... and Turkey on equal terms, but last Wednesday German Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christopher Burger said
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Newsletter 361 - 02/12/2022
of people’s worries, at 47.1 pct. In terms of voting intentions, GPO put support for New Democracy... terms would push elections out to at least March. Interior Minister Makis Voridis has hinted... loan terms from the same bank that it bought the bad loans from. Just as it was attempting to deflect
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