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  1. Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems

    Agora

    In this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot...

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  2. OECD sees recession in 2015-16, stresses need for reform implementation

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    its jobless estimate for 2016 was kept broadly unchanged at 24.8 percent. Greece will remain... procedures, reforms to reduce tax evasion, gradual building of a modern social safety net...In its latest economic forecasts published on Monday, OECD revised downward its GDP estimates

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  3. Greece recalls ambassador in Austria, waits for EU position on refugee crisis

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    as, with the assistance of other Balkan countries, it is limiting the number of people crossing at Idomeni... and 3,000 migrants are arriving every day and only a few hundred are leaving. It is estimated

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  4. BoG sees encouraging signs for Greek economy but warns on reforms

    Economy

    positive in 2014 at 1 percent of GDP lower than its previous estimate of 2 percent. The key contributor... in order to achieve a modern state offering high-quality services without getting in the way of business... Finance Minister next week. The central bank reiterates its previous estimates outlined in its

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  5. Banking on voters’ desire for stability, ND insists ruling majority is still achievable
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum “in practice.” The government is also pushing ahead... and MPs searching for new political affiliations. Political analysts estimate that as many as 20

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  6. A misstep away from absurdity

    Agora

    focussed his criticism on the dire conditions at the Idomeni camp on Greece’s border with FYROM, which he...-word was uttered. He explained that the government did not create a proper camp at Idomeni because... at Idomeni can move, but that many of them are refusing to do so because they fear they will miss

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  7. Political confrontation as Novartis case transferred to Parliament
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , modern type of patriotism, not one that has to do with “the Panama Papers, offshore, bribery.... According to reports, they estimate that Novartis’s actions cost taxpayers 3 billion euros

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  8. The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27

    Agora

    that the private sector is the engine of growth in a modern economy, and the public sector plays... not occurred, we estimate that the size of real GDP in 2020 would still have been slightly smaller than

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  9. Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
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    Agora

    As in our previous four monthly blogs, we continue to trace the progress of modern-day Odysseus, who started a long voyage in 2018 to help bring Greece back home to a sustainable and prosperous... estimate of productivity growth for this period is 0.19 percent (less than half Odysseus’ objective

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  10. Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
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    Agora

    As in our previous five monthly blogs, we continue to trace the progress of modern-day Odysseus, who started a long voyage in 2018 to help bring Greece back home to a sustainable and prosperous... potential growth estimate and that in 2018 may seem small to many readers, but this difference keeps

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