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Agoraof homes being rented by owners to others for no fee. Another interesting finding relates to the area.... Recession Greece’s recession, which began in the second half of 2008, has put enormous strain on Greek society. An increasing amount of Greeks are finding themselves socially excluded. According
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Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025
MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared... others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... banks and companies for projects totalling 17.7 billion euros. To qualify for RRF funding, projects
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
shows deficit of 7.01 bln September figures show decline in revenues On a monthly basis, net revenues... primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared
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Coalition ministers, MPs wrestle with implications of Eurogroup agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsa discount until now. He was beaten to it, though, by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads... asked for a number of tweaks to the legislation passed this month before Greece can receive any funding
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammethe target will be beaten and how much of the excess surplus the coalition will be able... from Luxembourg is a given. This would take the amount of funding released by the ESM since the second
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... and the Help at Home scheme. He said these hirings would not burden the budget as funding
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FDI, rather than tax cuts, holds key to stronger growth rates - study
EconomyFeatures. Raising the retirement age would put more people back in the labour force, but increase unemployment and put pressure on wages and salaries. The report’s main finding was that such fiscal measures would not be enough to raise GDP, reduce debt and put Greece on a sustainable long-term growth path
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Newsletter 460 - 02/05/2025
. It is no surprise, therefore, that the government is not only focussed on finding more such measures over... that would put it on course for not only a win at the next general election, but also a clear parliamentary majority. The latter has been put in serious doubt by the centre-right party’s recent decline
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraneeded a concrete plan to put its economy on a more productive and viable path. It needed a crisis... are without a job and have diminishing prospects of finding one. Over the last three years, salaries have..., as in “for better or worse”, or whether it describes a much looser association. The tools are being put in place
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
, is for the same dilemma (troika deal or fresh negotiations under a new government) to be put to Greek voters... presidential candidate put forward by the conservative government in early 2010. This resistance..., Tsipras runs a similar risk of finding himself trying to disentangle a complex set of parameters
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