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Distrust in news sources remains high, regardless of popularity
SocietyThe annual Digital News Report by the Reuters institute, updated for 2020, has revealed that Greeks... showed that internet penetration in Greece has reached 73 percent. Reuters noted that “the media..., while consumption of print media continued to decline. Television as a source of news has remained
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Pressure grows for transparency on ND's media handouts as PM outlines investment goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsinterest. Petsas’s name is one that has been discussed in connection with a potential cabinet... party has agreed to set an autumn date for the party conference which was postponed due... in government, he has proposed creating a register of potential candidates in order to formalise
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Unemployment drops to 16.2 pct in Q1, excluding furloughed workers
EconomyMacroeconomy(ELSTAT) figures showed on Thursday. The jobless rate has declined by 3 percentage points (pps) from... at 34.5 percent. This bracket has overtaken the 15-19 age group as having the highest rate...-term unemployed constitute 70.5 percent. The latest quarter’s figure for long-term unemployed has
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Summer season looks under threat as revenues fail to materialise
EconomyMacroeconomy(AIA), the number of international passengers arriving has also fallen dramatically. According... time, concern has been growing over the number of imported coronavirus cases that Greece’s trickle..., confirming that there has been a steady increase in numbers this month compared to June. Thirty
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OECD advocates closer look at health and capital quality of Greek banks
EconomyBankingby 34 pct in the 2017-2019 period, however the ratio has only modestly dropped from 49 pct to 41... with troubled balance sheets. Regulatory policies and corporate governance: In the case of Greece, this has... has taken the form of sales of bad loans in the volume of 17.4 billion and handing over 30 billion
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PM forms panel to come up with strategy for use of EU recovery funds
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis has announced the formation of a government committee to work on Greece’s... of the national plans is October 15. Athens has access to up to 38 billion euros from the Multiannual... has identified these funds as being vital not only to cushioning the impact from the coronavirus
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Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure
Agorathe Greek economy is coping with Covid-19. Our producer, Phoebe Fronista, has been speaking to Constantinos..., to find out if tourism has provided Greece with a lifeline or whether the macroeconomic picture..., The Agora, which has been a forum for discussing all kinds of issues over a number of years. We’ll
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Greece expects evidence of Turkish willingness to talk as Maas visits Athens, Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policythe Greek continental shelf has made Maas’s mission even more difficult. In response to the move by Ankara... has no genuine interest in starting talks with Athens, government sources claimed. The Greek.... At the same time, Athens is preparing for all eventualities. It has set as a red line
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Wages index up by 3.8 pct YoY in Q2 2020
EconomyMacroeconomy. The index in Q2 came to 109.9 compared to 106.8 in Q1. As of the current quarter, the index has been above the 100-point mark since Q1 of 2017, equal to 13 consecutive quarters. It has also stayed above... in the previous quarter. Since its peak, the index has declined by a quarter on the back of the negative impact
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Accommodation and food services turnover collapses by 84.6 pct in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomywas a rise of 1.5 percent. On a quarterly basis, Q2 dropped by 51.6 percent compared to Q1, which has.... Data from Bank of Greece capture the enormous challenge that Greece has faced on the tourism front since March. The travel balance up to June has essentially evaporated, dropping by 94 percent year
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