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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
that the prime minister has ordered a review of standards among professional training providers... Mitsotakis of not being bold enough in the emergency economic support measures he has announced, is likely... from the virus has passed and Greek politics, as well as daily life, can start returning to what might
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The nightmare of our choice
Agoratwo years has been like Marlow’s: As we picked our way through crumpled, charred train carriages... – it has been corroded by our own caustic mix of inefficiency and selfishness. As the Financial Times... is threatening to bring our Potemkin village of success crashing down. Two years on from the tragedy, nobody has
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agora, has rebuffed opposition criticism over his economic policies by pointing to a trade balance surplus, January’s three-year bond yield falling to a record-low and a declining risk premium that has... they would not be hiring extra employees for another year or two, a Deloitte-El País survey has shown
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Moody's upgrades Greece to 'Ba3' on back of reforms, warns of tricky period ahead
Economy’ from ‘B1’, while it kept the outlook stable. Moody’s, which has its own rating scale, had... the challenges in absorbing EU funding, given Greece has failed in delivering on public investment funds and private investment has been weak. Moody’s anticipates Greek debt exceeding 200 pct of GDP, before
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
from dealing with the practical consequences of the refugee crisis, which has flared up again over... of Macedonia (FYROM). This creates an immediate logistical problem for Greece as it has to find the spaces... are due to meet with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, to confirm this has been achieved
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Blinken visits Athens as opportunity emerges for thaw in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policythat “the United States also has a presence in the Aegean, and so we are always interested in ensuring... that foresees US Armed Forces operating and training at military bases in Volos, Alexandroupolis, Litochoro... that the earthquake wreaked in Türkiye,” she said. “And I think, frankly, it reminded all of us
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Parties step up battle for voters in election home stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicsheld a televised press conference on Tuesday, as Mitsotakis did a day earlier, to answer questions from... about an alternative payment system, which New Democracy has used as ammunition to warn voters against allowing the opposition parties into power. “I don’t know if they have an understanding, but his
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Mitsotakis pledges tax cuts and reforms, hopes for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politics. “Mr Georgiadis is my choice,” he said. “I do not agree that he expresses extreme positions. He has... that his party has already prepared this bill and it would be the first to be tabled. The second draft... and businesses. “I am determined to convince our partners that this is in their interests,” he said
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No signs of credit revival in Sept., balances at 221 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyflow reflects corporate and household lending net deductions at 260 and 303 million respectively. Loans... negative for the eighth month in a row with net deductions halving to 260 million in September from 534
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The first cut is the deepest? Greek pension reforms in context
EconomyFeaturesreport on pension adequacy measured pension expenditure as a share of per capita GDP. By this measure... – a look he has affected for well over a decade – adopts an alarmed look. The caption screams “NEW... the timestamp of any date from 2010 to the present day, as pension scaremongering has become
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