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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Mitsotakis government’s “carrot and stick” approach to boosting Covid-19 vaccination rates... that there were “political features” to the regional disparities in inoculation rates. Data...-average vaccination rates at the local level correspond with above-average electoral support for far-right
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Warnings of post-holiday Covid surge, continuing wildfires store up risk for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicspositivity rates well above the national average of 3.64 pct, with the Cycladic islands of Naxos... vaccinated. Crete has had one of the lowest vaccination rates in Greece, but overall vaccination rates are also lagging. The number of doses administered daily has risen slightly to around 30,000
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Newsletter 309 - 24/09/2021
on average a low 1.5 pct and the rates to refinance its debt to average 1.5 pct up to 2030, increasing... in the alternative scenarios of lower growth and higher risk premium on refinancing rates, where debt-to-GDP stays... posted double digit annual growth rates since March this year. The latest data for July showed
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Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
Agorarates dropping in the single digits, by the end of July (after a record number of visitors had entered... rates, especially when compared to the trust they place in local institutions and the Albanian..., with vaccine rates still low, and pandemic restrictions that remain largely unheeded, Albania may
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Newsletter 319 - 03/12/2021
are inundated with Covid patients and Greece has one of the highest death rates from the virus... that vaccination rates in the over-60 age group in Greece is lower than other countries. He said... in negative territory and is up by 21 pct since the end of last year. The index measures the monthly rates
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Fitch improves outlook to positive, sees investment grade hinging on fiscal performance and banks
Economyand external debt. There are mitigating factors against the stock of debt, with concessional rates that lead to an interest to revenues of 5.6 pct, compared to 9.7 pct of ‘BB’ peers, mostly fixed rates debt... to higher than anticipated growth rates. On the other hand, coming short in reducing debt-to-GDP due
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Govt pins hopes on lifting Covid restrictions in March as experts tread more cautious path
PoliticsGreek Politicsof optimism, experts are pointing at the stubbornly high hospitalisation and death rates which... are occupied nationwide. Nine regions in the country are reporting positivity rates above the 4 pct threshold. The biggest concern, however, surrounds death rates. Wednesday’s death toll was 87, the first
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
rates which are giving them pause in recommending more radical easing at the present time. The biggest concern surrounds death rates. The Covid death rate in Greece has surpassed all previous waves... at 3.1 pct in 2022, before dropping to 1.1 pct next year. The respective inflation rates
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Hopes of EU providing immediate relief wane as economic challenges multiply
PoliticsGreek Politics. The central bank kept interest rates unchanged Thursday, leaving the benchmark refinancing rate at 0 pct. Lagarde said that the ECB would not raise interest rates until “some time” after it ends its... as yields rose. Greek 10-year rates jumped 18 basis points to 2.57 pct on Thursday. This points to a much
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Where is Odysseus? Part 1 - Demographics
Agorato borrow, free money provided by others (EU grants), continued low interest rates (ECB), and how many... crisis of 2010, which led to a reduction in population as birth rates dropped and a rising number... of the data and the growth rates associated with each of these time series. The percentage change
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