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The Agora Podcast - Episode 2 (Tourism, but not as we know it)
Agoranormally be teeming with visitors at this time of year. Nick also has a chat with MacroPolis co-founder..., The Agora, which has been a forum for discussing all kinds of issues over a number of years. We’ll
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Govt and opposition stake out positions on pandemic impact measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsstarts returning to normality. Funding SYRIZA has taken some time to come up with detailed proposals... the ESM’s emergency credit line, which due to its inherent conditionality has been dubbed “another MoU
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Return to school marked by protests over education bill
PoliticsGreek Politics, and stressed the desire to promote continuous improvement in education. Kerameus has come under..., parents have complained that distance learning has not been as great a success as the minister claims
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First challenges for tourism plan, as public relaxes approach to virus
PoliticsGreek Politics, which has discouraged local tour operators from offering travel packages. Out of the top customer countries for Greek tourism, only Germany, Greece’s biggest market, has several airports not designated
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ECB boost for Greek debt as authorities ponder new market foray
Economyby adding another 600 billion euros of asset purchases. Greece has already greatly benefited from... member states have raised objections, Athens has been talking up the positive impact that the 32
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OECD sees economy shrinking by 8 to 9.8 pct, depending on whether virus returns
EconomyMacroeconomythat “while Greece has contained the pandemic effectively, the negative impact on tourism, investment... for the government and banks. The organisation also refers to the fact that the crisis has highlighted
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Exceptional conditions behind reduced unemployment rate of 14.4 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomyto 203,288 or 23.7 percent. The number for the unemployed currently stands at 653,686, the lowest it has been since August 2010. Since the peak of 1.35 million unemployed in September 2013, unemployment has
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Episode 5 - Greece & Turkey on the borderline
Agorapassage to migrants. Turkey has also laid out plans for oil and gas exploration in the Eastern... of our long-running blog section, The Agora, which has been a forum for discussing all kinds of issues
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ELSTAT shows decrease in material deprivation, poverty risk, while education mobility remains static
SocietyThe Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has released a set of indicators showing changes in living conditions in Greece, poverty levels and the intergenerational transmission of living standards... from 2019. The findings showed that educational mobility has remained relatively static in the years
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Multiple fronts and falling revenues pose pensions challenge for government
EconomyFeaturesthe same period coming to 380 million euros per month. The May deficit has dropped to 197 million... for pensioners who have submitted a claim. The relevant government ministry has said it will respect
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