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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesfrom tax returns shows that there has been a dramatic downward shift in earnings over the years..., with the exception of the lowest earners who saw their tax increase threefold between 2012-2014 (though from.... Households earning 12,000-16,000 euros saw their tax increased by 21 percent in 2012-2014 and 26 percent
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
Greece over there [in Germany].” Again, though, the truth was far less dramatic. The German Finance... on month. Manufacturing production and water supply saw the biggest increases. Jobless rate slips... that has legs of its own, ready to run amok and as far away from the truth as possible
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House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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AgoraGreece jettison the baggage of the past. This is a more serious test of how far and fast the country... a way to measure people’s units of thought, they would discover that the British think in pints
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How Greek banks moved into a new era
Agora, securitisations and covered bonds on top of higher interbank lending that has been evident so far. No Q1... million, the other three banks posted net losses ranging from 94.1 million for Alpha to 246 million.... The highest quarterly NPL increase was posted by Eurobank, which saw a rise of 1.5 percentage
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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
Agorathe review is ongoing is the same repos exercise which, aside from the emergency nature so far, is seen... year’s experience was not only dramatic for the prime minister and his party but also futile.... After a year during which Greece nearly saw it all, it could use some dull moments to get back
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SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect
Agora. Most of those who expected SYRIZA and Tsipras to provide a breath of fresh air saw their hopes wilt... they saw Tsipras and Kammenos sit around a table on the morning after the elections. If they studied
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agoraand which saw Greece forced to build new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in order to reduce its... significantly lower than the five-year average (7.2 TWh). This increase in industry was far outweighed...-user of fossil gas in Greece is by far the electricity production sector, with an average share
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Government facing up to threat from rise of far right parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is stepping up its criticism of Greece’s far-right parties, which New Democracy sees... off suggestions about the PM’s political orientation and responded forcefully to the far-right MEP’s... the European Union. He went on to point out that Latinopoulou has aligned herself with Europe’s far
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Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020
for making a “tremendous comeback” as far as its economy is concerned. These comments were echoed... sentiment (ESI) rose by 2.5 points in December to reach 109.5 points, European Commission (EC... stood at 110.3 points. Compared to December 2018, the ESI has increased by 8.6 points, beating an EU
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ND tweaking stimulus measures as SYRIZA flounders in Novartis backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicsverbal attack from New Democracy officials, with several demanding that their identity be revealed... recordings containing potentially incriminating evidence as far as SYRIZA is concerned means... to the fallout from the Novartis scandal and accusations of corruption against high-ranking officials
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