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Train tragedy prompts urgent questions about railway safety
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring that year. Between 2010 to 2018, there were 137 deaths and 97 serious injuries in railway... Tachydromos that last year the person overseeing the installation of the ETCS system on behalf
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 2)
Agoraperforming member states. Future average EU27 productivity growth per employed person a year thus jumps... a group of individuals who are knowledgeable about the decision. …Imagine that we are a year
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CPI slows to 6.1 pct in Feb as energy moderates, but rising food prices persist
EconomyMacroeconomyThe pace of Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped further in February, rising by 6.1 percent year-on-year, after increasing by 7 percent in January, according to the data released on Monday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The average CPI for the rolling 12-month period
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NBG's total attributable profit rises to 1.12bln in 2022, up 29 pct
EconomyBankingfacilities dropped from 11.6 billion euros to 8.1 billion in the end of last year and decelerated to 6 billion euros by March this year. The cost of risk stands at 70 points, in line with the bank’s
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Tsipras tries to keep spotlight on ND, talks up election chances
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the project had been completed by May 2019, shortly before the national elections that year..., and the catalogue of errors that led to it, stretching beyond its four-year tenure has gained limited
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Wages record back-to-back growth of 7.1 pct in Q4 2022
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) Wages Index remained in solid growth territory rising by 7.1 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the last quarter of 2022, after a 7.3 percent increase in the previous quarter, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Friday. The wages index captures
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Budget primary surplus of 4.2 bln in Feb beats target on back of higher VAT, income taxes
EconomyMacroeconomyMinistry (MoF) budget execution data released on Monday. In the first two months of the year, the budget... target by 128 million euros. Last year, interest payments reached 1.76 billion euros in the same month
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Credit growth slows in Feb, loans balance stable at 113.35 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyCredit movement in the Greek private sector decelerated further in February, still recording a rise of 4.8 percent year-on-year (YoY), from 5.7 percent in January, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Monday showed. After a previous peak of 3.7 percent growth in February 2021, credit expansion
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Annual debt strategy almost wrapped up with 5-year bond, at 3.92 pct yield
Economythat was the total plan for the year, unless a green bond is also issued later on in the year. The Public Debt
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Election campaign moves into gear, opinion poll data still equivocal
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the young Greeks who will be voting for the first time this year. It is estimated around 400,000 Greeks aged 17 or over this year will be able to cast their ballots. SYRIZA, in particular, will have its
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