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Great Expectations: Is Greece 2.0 hitting the target?
EconomyFeatures), and "Greece 2.0”, the national strategy designed to put it to use, have been a critical component... Commission estimates that in 2022, Greece’s GDP was 2.1 percent higher than it would have been without... in the original assumptions, to the 2024 budget report, where it was estimated that a little less than
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Newsletter 431 - 12/07/2024
unemployment. More than two in three (65 pct) said they believe things are going in the wrong... that the conservatives have three years ahead with a strong majority to implement a roadmap of reforms..., the government’s attempts to defend the measure by describing it as “5+1 days” rather than six has
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PM banks on restoration and compensation healing Attica fire wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicstripled during that time. According to the figures put forward by the SYRIZA official, almost 470... that time, more than 86,000 hectares of land was burned. He went on to highlight that wildfires in Greece cause more damage than anywhere else in Europe on average, reaching around 1,000 hectares
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Androulakis well-placed to retain PASOK leadership as Doukas sneaks into run-off ballot
PoliticsGreek Politics, Doukas managed to narrowly hold off Geroulanos, earning just 858 votes more than his more experienced..., followed by Michalis Katrinis on 6 pct and Nadia Giannakopoulou on 2.2 pct. Geroulanos’s strong.... It is thought that the supporters of the four candidates are more likely to support Androulakis than
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Politics trumping economic prudence in Greece
Agorahaving to digest various other acquisitions from the past two years. Put otherwise, is the prime... with an equity investment in a holding company that risks looking more like a lifeline for MIG than... is immediately using fifty per cent of April’s bond proceedings to buy a major stake in a highly indebted
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Greek negotiations: A marathon that has yet to run its course
Agoraand controversial issues will be put on the table such as debt relief, possibly a new financing... negotiations start, which will be no less arduous, contentious or exhausting than the previous marathon... leaking of documents or the recording of confidential proceedings of the Eurogroup of finance ministers
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From the troika to the quartet
Agoranot apply to any other member state. Put otherwise, when the future of Greece’s membership of the euro... on the short-term repayment obligations in 2015 and 2016 to the IMF and the ECB than on the country... to conclude the proceedings on time. *An earlier version of this article appeared in last week's e-newsletter
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As SYRIZA's sparkle fades is there a centrist alliance in the making?
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition parties than any major developments in the centrist party. Theodorakis took 88 percent... indicate that SYRIZA has lost its sparkle. The Metron Analysis survey put the conservatives 4.3 points... Papandreou delivered speeches. Union of Centrists leader Vassilis Leventis also attended proceedings
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Protests give Mitsotakis chance to round on under-fire coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicshave ostensibly been organised by regular citizens rather than parties or political movements... they are truly an expression of voters’ exasperation or a politically-motivated attempt to put more pressure..., these demonstrations are unlikely to have much of an impact on political proceedings themselves
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Mitsotakis looks beyond New Democracy for votes that could bring him to power
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras often tries to use to rally support, and to convince Greeks that they must put clear... of the current coalition but presenting this in national terms rather than within the traditional political... proceedings against the former head of the Greek statistics service (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, who has been
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