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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agorathat the thrust of national energy policy has been to aggressively promote the use of natural gas... decision was made to introduce natural gas in the 1990s, Greece has diversified its sources of supply. Russia, once the dominant supplier, has seen its share of the Greek market trimmed to just under
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Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
PoliticsForeign Policyand Bulgaria. It has also received strong support from Washington. Its completion has been a matter... company has asked for a 20-month extension, causing considerable annoyance to Sofia. In fact, Bulgaria has activated the clause of timely delivery which has led to penalties of around 90,000 euros per
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
AgoraPlan. We see that the Covid-19 downturn was unanticipated, but has been followed by a remarkable recovery in employment—exactly as the European Union, and Greece, have aimed to achieve. It has been... path than was envisaged in 2018, even though employment has risen above the path foreseen
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the centre-left opposition has accused them of dragging their feet and victim-blaming. In his... and was being “shown the exit door” by the country’s democratic majority. The government has been... brought. The PASOK leader has insisted that his briefing should take place through official channels
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Unveiling of relief package imminent as electoral law speculation is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe ruling centre-right party has suffered another dip in the polls, which has been linked... the electricity subsidy has been accounted for, any remaining fiscal space will go towards abolishing.... Another 650 million euros is needed for the pension increases that Mitsotakis has promised
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Newsletter 365 - 13/01/2023
has only fuelled speculation that April 9 is the likeliest date. Although a substantial increase.... This is the second instance in recent months in which a New Democracy MP has been found in breach... to the surveillance scandal, an issue that New Democracy has been trying to put to bed ahead
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PASOK feels the squeeze as main rivals paint stark election dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politics. The picture has changed significantly since December 2021, when PASOK reached 15.2 pct in the wake of Nikos Androulakis winning the leadership election. Since then, the third largest party has lost 5.4 points, SYRIZA has gained 6 pct and ND has held on to about a third of the vote in Marc’s polling
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Newsletter 375 - 24/03/2023
weeks as the Tempe train crash has hurt New Democracy and lessened, although not wiped out.... Mitsotakis has reached out twice to PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis for a meeting, but the opposition politician has rejected his requests. In a scenario where ND fails to reach a parliamentary majority
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Rise of smaller parties a barrier to decisive result in first elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe past few days has also shifted to the smaller parties, which may yet play a significant role... by Skai TV on Tuesday night suggests that the gap between New Democracy and SYRIZA has grown by 2.5... purely in terms of voting intentions, support for New Democracy has increased by 1.5 points since
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On monetary policy and inflation targeting
Agorasay 2 percent year-on-year (Y/Y) for the headline index of consumer prices (HICP).[2] Country A has communicated to the public that it targets the price level; country B has communicated to the public... low to meet the price level objective) through mid 2022. The price level has recovered to above
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