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BoG data shows that overseas property investment revenue accelerated in 2018
EconomyFeatures. Property prices The latest data from the BoG showed that apartment prices in Greece during... annual growth of around 45 percent. According to analysts, Athens and particularly the city’s touristic... permits granted by region in 2018 up to November. The most popular city was Athens which accounted
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On lockdown: The moments that will remain
Agoraour days, offering a consoling soundtrack. The sounds heard when walking through city..., school or university to go to. From another apartment, a religious service broadcast by the Church... villages by roasting lamb on their balconies and in their backyards, the city was unusually, even
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Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
EconomyFeatures, at least in part, piecemeal responses to crisis situations rather than a grand strategy to grow.... Announcing the new hiring plans, Interior Minister Panos Skourletis argued that the hirings would
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Tsipras unveils growth plan but little in way of new ideas
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Crete, the extension of the tramline in Athens and new inter-city railway lines. With regards to energy... subsidies seems very similar to the formula followed by previous governments. The talk of grand schemes
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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras who made his economic policy pledges in the northern city a week earlier. The opposition... and in his party’s candidate lists. He ruled out, however, the possibility of forming a grand alliance
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PM declares tourism season open, rules out new lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politics, even a city but there will not necessarily be horizontal measures,” he said. “We will be much... are limited, the grand statements of the last few days could come back to bite the conservatives
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Special tax structure would benefit hotels and jobs, bank argues
EconomyFeatureson the tourism industry and the job creation it entails, the bulletin notes that in 2017, the hotel... quoted in the report, the hotel industry in Greece has undergone strong growth since 2004. In 2004, 8,899 hotel units were in operation in the country, increasing by 9.9 percent to 9,783 in 2017
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New asylum law comes up against old failings
AgoraAt the reception centre for asylum seekers in Rijswijk, bicycles are parked neatly like they would be outside any apartment complex or office block in the Netherlands. Joyous shrieks are heard nearby... where there is a reaction from local communities, such as in Vilia, where locals attacked a hotel
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicshandover of Athens City Hall to New Democracy, who won the elections for mayor in July. The pledge... the poor impression created by the raids, the government spokesman released photos from the interior... the Interior Ministry to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, essentially defining it as a public order
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SYRIZA's left wing ups pressure on Tsipras but PM retains authority for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the two days of deliberations in a central Athens hotel. The first was on a proposal put... liquidity problem. Earlier comments by Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis were in this direction. He
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