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Snow melts in Athens, political row over storm response heats up
PoliticsGreek Politics. “The average citizen has started to experience the state’s weakness in protecting them from difficulties..., the centre-right government has a much more effective communications strategy and machinery
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Travel balance falls by 97.3 pct in December, 76.5 pct in 2020
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s travel balance came to 778,000 euros in December from 28.6 million a year ago, Bank of Greece (BoG) data has shown. This is equal to a decrease of 97.3 percent year-on-year (YoY). Receipts... 2020, conduct of the border survey has fully resumed.
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Covid-19 stretches health system again, putting reopening of shops in doubt
PoliticsGreek Politics. Koufodinas has been on hunger strike for almost 50 days to protest his transfer from the low security... protest has led to demonstrations by self-styled anarchists and complaints from opposition parties
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Police and protests at centre of political leaders' debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsbehaviour. He called on the prime minister to disband the motorcycle-riding DIAS squad, which has been... among New Democracy supporters, the percentage of those who believe the media has helped reached
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Podcast - Days of wine and roses ahead for Greek economy?
Agorawith Markus Stolz, a German based in Athens who has been making a success of exporting local products... Greek grape varieties popular abroad. He also explains why Covid-19 has not put the brakes on his
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Unemployment at 16.2 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomyon Wednesday. The jobless rate has declined by 0.6 percentage points (pps) from the Q4 2019 figure of 16.8... employment has decreased by 5.7 percent in comparison with Q3 and by 18.1 percent versus Q4 2019. Temporary
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Tales from the Region #4
Agoraimmunization has not commenced due to the limited quantities of vaccines that have arrived in the past period. Vaccination of health workers who are at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 has begun
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Retail turnover drops by 5 pct and volume by 3 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales index decreased by 5 percent in January following a revised drop of 12.8 percent in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority data showed on Wednesday. The index has now dropped... to the same month last year, consumer confidence has dropped by 23 points. Retail trade improved by 8.8
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Amid virus gloom, govt lines up support for catering and targets swift upturn
PoliticsGreek Politicsto 755, while another 561 more people were admitted to the hospital. There has been no let-up... businesses are facing huge debts and there has not yet been any discussion about writing off some of what
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Govt banks on uptick in vaccines over coming months aiding return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the conservative administration’s strong managerial credentials. The scheme has run relatively... of the rollout has been dictated by the limited delivery of vaccines so far. The successful
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