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Mitsotakis sworn in as prime minister as attention turns to Cabinet picks
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Antonis Samaras’s administration. His prior experience will come in handy as he faces sceptical.... Hatzidakis is another minister whose prior experience with his portfolio should come in useful as he has
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Greece takes first round against Covid-19 but fight continues
Agora, Greece spends a third less on healthcare than it did prior to the financial crisis. Public spending.... Greece’s lockdown was put in place gradually between March 9 (two days prior to the first recorded death
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Court ruling on pension backpay creates dilemma for PM
PoliticsGreek Politicsup to 2012 and for the 11-month period between the court’s prior ruling in June 2015 and the so... of backpay. It was essentially based on two prior decisions, the one of 2015 that found cuts of 2012
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Greek housing market at new juncture as Covid-19 shakes foundations
EconomyFeaturesactivities such as construction had been one of the engines of the Greek economy prior to the crisis... signs of a slow-down prior to the pandemic. Between the peak of Q3 2019 and Q2 2020, over 2,200
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agoraand a subsequent loss of competitiveness, i.e., the story prior to 2010 in Greece. On the external... repeating the disequilibria prior to 2010. *Bob Traa is a macroeconomist and author of "The Macroeconomy
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Electricity price shock, pressure on phone-tapping take shine off surveillance exit
PoliticsGreek Politics’ charges prior to government support, showed increases of up to 60 pct over August, eliciting alarmed... failure, which could in turn cause fiscal derailment. Prior to the current crisis, 20 pct of bills... into the autumn, as it tries to structure its last economic package en route to the next elections
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Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the original 90 pct windfall tax it had promised for the period prior to the summer is yet... years. Objections voiced by senior ADAE officials to the government’s interventions prior
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Revision of GDP to have varied knock-on effect
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released this week the second estimate for 2023 GDP, along with some benchmark revisions of the base year to 2020 and the years prior, starting at 1995..., while of prior years was also revised upwards to 5.7 and 8.7 pct for 2022 and 2021, respectively
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Post-election blamestorming or Why Harris lost and the Democrats should nominate Oprah
Agoradid not vote for her simply because they didn’t know who she was. Prior to becoming Vice President... which she did not gain a high public profile. Her prior role as attorney general for California afforded
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Government faces renewed cover-up claims over OPEKEPE and surveillance scandals
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the now-disbanded OPEKEPE farm payments agency. Under the prior law, the 13 would face trial..., and EYP officials have consistently invoked secrecy provisions in prior questioning; however
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