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Episode 5 - Greece & Turkey on the borderline
AgoraOn the latest episode of The Agora podcast, we examine Greek-Turkish relations, which are going... February, the Greek government decided to shut its land border with Turkey after Ankara gave free... recently published. It’s called Sínora (borders in Greek) and is about the border areas between Greece
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R&D and innovation remain low in Greece, OECD finds
EconomyFeaturessupport mechanism could be the tax incentives offered by other countries for R&D. The Greek government... 2015, patents have remained at around 550 per year with the Greek patent office. This also indicates that Greek firms are unaware of the benefits of patents, the OECD said. Innovation could be also
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PMI drops to 46.8 points in July amid Covid-19 uncertainty
EconomyMacroeconomypandemic which impacted domestic and foreign client demand. Output continued to fall at Greek manufacturing.... Optimism from Greek manufacturers fell in turn on the back of reduced client demand, dropping notably.... Markit analysts said that the Greek manufacturing sector entered the third quarter with a slight dip
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Govt scrambles to prevent Covid-19 spreading further as holidaymakers return to cities
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreek authorities are adopting yet more measures aimed at containing the coronavirus as part... in the Greek public sphere about what share of the responsibility for containing the virus lies... at their disposal have been exaggerated. According to the Federation of Greek Hospital Workers (POEDIN
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Newsletter 262 -04/09/2020
impact on the Greek economy. To make matters more complicated for the New Democracy leader, government.... The Greek government is hoping that at the September 11 Eurogroup, eurozone finance ministers will confirm... expenditure over the coming years also has to be seen in the fiscal context. This year, the Greek primary
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Microsoft deal welcomed as Greece vies for more foreign investments
EconomyFeaturesthat, there is the possibility that the project could trigger cooperation with Greek start-ups in the tech sector, providing... entitled A Digital Reboot of the Greek Economy showed that Greece has an unexploited pool of information... relative size (1.9 percent of GDP versus 4.4 percent). At the same time, the appetite among Greek
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Conclusion of Golden Dawn trial unlikely to usher in greater political unity
PoliticsGreek Politicsproposed candidate for the Greek presidency in December 2014, triggering snap elections the following... than create greater unity in Greek politics, the conviction of far-right extremists will only fuel... moderateness in Greek politics.
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BoG insists on need for bad bank, sees EU funds boosting recovery from 2021
Economyon how it expects the Greek economy and banking system to develop next year. The new report includes... capacity of the state. The pandemic has not left the financial sector untouched, with Greek banks... another 10 billion added from the pandemic. The report concludes with several challenges that the Greek
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Budget passed as govt pins hopes on vaccine rollout to get economy on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsis likely to be convincing a large enough part of the Greek population to get vaccinated so that some... in Greek society, the only political party to express any strong concerns has been the ultra-nationalist Greek Solution and its leader Kyriakos Velopoulos. His recent outburst was roundly criticised
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BoG warns pandemic will leave trail of bad loans, hastening need for new tools
EconomyBanking) stepped up its warnings regarding the pandemic’s impact on the Greek banking system. Greece’s central.... Specifically, when Greek GDP contracted by 25 pct in the previous decade, NPEs grew by more than 300... to resume their role of financing the Greek economy. Combined with the funds that are expected to flow from
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