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Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
Agorathan in 2009. The 2020 Rule of Law Index by the World Justice Project has given Bulgaria the worst.... There are more Bulgarians working abroad than in Bulgaria. Mass emigration has left key sectors barren — more than half of the doctors in Bulgaria are above 55 years old. The country has the highest death
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
Agora. The strategy is functioning well so far By mid-February, there were more than 750 vaccination points...%. The uptake is higher among doctors than among nursing staff (77% and 51% respectively), leading... of the vaccination programme have attracted less scrutiny than they might merit. They include
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ND's electoral bill put before MPs as PM mulls options for president
PoliticsGreek Politicsclinch a qualified majority of more than 200 out of 300 MPs so that the new electoral law could apply... not have a majority and could need more than one coalition partner to form a government. This means... in May 2012 did the winning party win less than 25 percent of the vote, when New Democracy gained
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PMI drops to lowest in more than a year at 53.8 pts, but manufacturing remains on solid ground
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI dropped by one point in May to 53.8 points, according to S&P Global data released on Wednesday. May PMI is the lowest in more than one year, but still indicates solid... in May was contained because of weak client demand. Greek manufacturers continued hirings
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsvalue of his property is far greater than the amount he borrowed. On Monday, Attica Bank also issued... owed more than 250 million euros, from 225 million in 2016. By contrast, SYRIZA’s loans stood at 6.2... more than 700,000 was outstanding in 2017. Georgiadis took out three loans totalling just over 665,000
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PM announces extensive measures to build on recovery, counter inflation and put govt on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat following the latest GDP data, the government now expects the economy to grow by 5.9 pct rather than... generous than reports over the last few weeks had suggested. It also included several measures that had... a parliamentary majority to any party gaining more than 39 pct of the vote through the awarding of bonus
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US-China port spat gives Athens taste of diplomatic challenges ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsrespect the agreements made by previous administrations, adding that when Piraeus put up for sale COSCO... for the arrangement. The PM, however, had previously embraced the agreement put in place by his... container port, contributing an estimated 1.5 pct to Greece’s GDP. Mitsotakis’s comments, reiterated
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(Dis)Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union
Agora. But it took more than two years to complete that task. While all countries in the region, except Kosovo... Balkan countries. The example of Croatia has shown that the path to the EU is more important than any... euroscepticism in the Western Balkans. Since 1996, the European Union has invested more than 3.5 billion euros
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Stocks rise for first time in three weeks, gaining 1.1 pct
Economy. Corporate news Alpha’s Q1 net profits more than doubled quarter on quarter to 48.1 million, while core pre-provision income rebounded by 1.2 percent to 305 million. Marfin Investment Group (MIG) showed... than halved to 13.1 million. Lamda Development reported a rise of 6.3 percent in Q1 net profits
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Budget primary surplus at 4.18 bln in Sept as EU co-financed projects fall short
EconomyMacroeconomyincreased by 2 percent to 35.26 billion, lower than the target by 305 million. PIB PIB revenues came... million in the first nine months of the year, 805 million better than the target.
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