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Newsletter 200 -29/03/2019
, who felt that the terms put forward by the government were too generous and would have a damaging... for protections and the residual mortgage. So, properties will have to be worth less than 250,000 euros... of these properties, which will be at 175,000 euros rather than the 250,000-euro threshold the government had
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Newsletter 235 -17/01/2020
force than some of his predecessors as prime minister, particularly SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras... administrative court, allowing New Democracy to put forward a candidate it deems suitable. The current... the electoral law straight away. The proposal was put to MPs at committee level on Wednesday
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Budget primary surplus to Sept surges to 5.44 bln on solid tax revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus surged by more than 77 percent to 5.44 billion euros in the 9-month... execution bulletin published on Monday. The headline figure is marginally lower than the 5.45 billion... from 640 million in the 8-month period. The strong performance in September is largely attributed
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Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
Agoraworse than necessary. This is particularly evident in relation to the 2015 agreement, which was reached... situation, and fiscal tightening been put on hold, there would have been good opportunities to restore... established and unemployment put on a clearly decreasing path, modest fiscal tightening, if proved
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Greek housing market at new juncture as Covid-19 shakes foundations
EconomyFeaturesin the residential sector contributed over 10 percent. Those figures shrunk to 5 percent and less than 1... of 2007, declining to 172,000 by 2013. Homes in cities lost more than 40 percent of their value over... letting, in that some of the properties purchased by would-be residents were put to work as short
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
. Gennimata went a step further than Mitsotakis and suggested that the polls should take place before... stretched than previously assumed and that the considerable improvements in employment are taking longer... this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018 is less than half the previous 1.2 percent growth
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Record year for company launches in 2018, small enterprises continue to dominate
EconomyFeatures13,474 additional companies registered in 2018 than delisted. The latest available data revealed... on the platform than becoming active. There was a 2.1 percent increase in new companies forming in 2018 compared... as a result of the extremely unstable economic climate of the time. The strong activity in companies
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In hindsight it would have been nicer
Agoraeurozone partners were willing to make available rather than how much financing was required to get... simply reflects tactics being adjusted as the firewall and others measures were put in place... require additional financing that no one in the eurozone was willing to put up. In the meantime
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SYRIZA's left wing ups pressure on Tsipras but PM retains authority for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the two days of deliberations in a central Athens hotel. The first was on a proposal put... of clash that could put Greece’s position in the euro in question. Tsipras also won by a clear... to issue more T-bills. The final document also incorporated a brief text put forward by the 53+ movement
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What's behind Erdogan's decision to wave migrants through to Greece?
Agoraoperations in Syria, Erdogan felt it was time to put European leaders on the spot and seek more assistance... in Turkey to address his own refugee challenge, given that there are more than 3.5 mln registered Syrians.... Is this a fair assessment or a misreading of what’s going on? To put it bluntly, Erdogan does not care about
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