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Greek Pharmaceuticals: The little pill with big potential
EconomyFeaturesto open up both its pharmacy market and its market share of generic pharmaceuticals as a cost... of the few industries in Greece which expanded its companies and workforce during the crisis rather... to the previous year. Taken in the context of the beating some other industries have taken during recent
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OECD outlines five priorities for Greek reform agenda in 2017
Economyto significantly alleviate the high cost and long time periods involved in exports. Another area... industries, public administration and the tax and education systems, where it outlined the actions... easing of regulations in network industries such as energy and transport, where regulatory barriers
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Mitsotakis distances himself from Israel’s Lebanon offensive as industry warns of energy crunch
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor taking several months to deliver promised measures to reduce the cost of energy for the sector... Industries (SEV) and the association of energy intensive users (EBIKEN), which have each presented... crisis, are a step behind what is actually needed, particularly for energy-intensive industries
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Tsipras pledges array of tax cuts, hopes for break on pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto supplementary pensions for doctors, engineers and lawyers would be reduced to 64.5 euros per month... brushed off concerns expressed by the Hellenic Federation of Industries (SEV) about the increase
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Eight in 10 tourist visits to just five regions, six nationalities generate half of receipts
EconomyFeatureseuros, an increase of 8.2 percent. An average of 1.2 regions were visited per trip. However, for long... Australia, Canada and the USA visited an average of 1.9 to 1.7 regions per visit. The expenditure per visit per region came to an average of 449 euros, a fall of 1.8 percent. This varied from region
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
SocietyGreece tops the EU league tables in terms of the number of lawyers per population and has by far... per 100,000 in 2010 to 388 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Also registering a high proportion... 6.4 cases per 100 inhabitants in 2012, compared to 21 in the EU – it was at the upper end
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
Agoraproductivity to lift per-capita income is important for Greece, then these trends would need to be reversed... periods. If we want to boost real GDP, we have to boost real GVA. Real GVA is available per quarter and per sector, so we can calculate quarterly GVA in real terms for the private and the public sector
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BoG data shows drop in card usage in first half of 2019
EconomyFeaturespercent. The average number of transactions per card also showed a reduction, coming to 25 transactions... transactions came to an average of 26 transactions per card versus 32 in the previous period, while credit... value of transactions per card dropped by 19 percent compared to the final six months of 2018
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ECB holds off on reinstating Greek waiver, waits for completion of prior actions
Economyfunding cost stands 150 basis points above that of ECB funding, meaning that Greek banks could benefit... of waiver. Speaking at the Confederation of Northern Greece Industries on May 13, Bank of Greece
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Detailed SME study shows crisis impact and business evolution
EconomyFeaturesfor entrepreneurs obliged to close their business, and then on measures to reduce the cost... and 805 in 2000. ELSTAT’s data also reflects the concentration of industries in which SMEs are most
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