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Greek firms rely on public procurement most in EU but also suspect corruption, survey indicates
Societyis widespread in their country, a four-point decline on 2013. However, in Greece as well as other...) and Sweden (11 percent) are the least likely to do so. The Greek figure represents an eight-point... of connections is often the easiest way to obtain certain public services in their country, an eight-point
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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeaturessector is a case in point. Since Greece introduced natural gas as a fuel in 1995, it has built..., with the potential to upgrade to 20 bcm/y by 2025. At this point, the pipeline will contribute a small but highly... and the commissioning date is set for 2020. A further point of entry into Greek gas grid is the northern port
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Opposition pushes for phone-tapping probe as early polls claim limited damage to ND
PoliticsGreek Politicson the revelations. This translates into a 1.7 percentage point drop in support for New Democracy from.... Support for SYRIZA has edged up by almost 1 point to 25.1, while PASOK saw an increase of 1 point... point out that the conservatives suffered a similar blow following last summer’s wildfires
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Great Expectations: Is Greece 2.0 hitting the target?
EconomyFeaturesand the Covid-19 pandemic. As the programme reaches its halfway point, we are in a good position to assess whether... to 36 billion euros. The European Commission’s dashboard shows that at the halfway point of the RRF... at the halfway point of the RRF show that a total of 12.7 billion euros, or over 35 percent of Greek funds
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A varied set of views on China
Agoraof inferior quality to that of western goods. In short, while Greeks are not disposed negatively... in their eyes. Nor do they envy life and work in China, and find Chinese commodities of inferior quality
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After Q3 results, what next for Greek banks?
Agoraof deposit rates in the banks acquired over the past 12 months, whose deposit rates were 1 percentage point... at the end of September, implying a 1.2-percentage point increase in Q3 compared to a rise of 1.8 in Q2... providing any details) that could further increase its capital base by up to 1 percentage point. However
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What is the bookies' take on the Greek local elections?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKaminis leading by just one percentage point over Sakelaridis. This means that the voting results were... point handicap are rather low at 1.41 compared to 2.65 for New Democracy. This is broadly in line with the Kappa research opinion poll published on Sunday evening showing a 4.7 percentage point lead
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Greece and its lenders: Where do you start?
Agorawould not want to be at the point where they are now. On the one hand, there are the frustrated... to end up somewhere – as the anecdote says – that is not a good starting point. As this relentless... fudge to avoid a catastrophe. The point where the stubbornness of Greece’s lenders meets
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Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?
Agoraprogress by mid-April, at which point another IMF participant in the call highlights that before... and other indirect taxation, as well as changes to the public sector wage bill. At that point, Velculescu... for the sake of Greeks that the discussions do happen soon, at which point Thomsen suggests
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agoranegotiations was that the goal for the primary surplus in 2018 was lowered by 1 point to 3.5 percent... have had in mind. Starting point The Sisyphean task starts as far back as the end of 2009, when... up the starting point of Greece’s fiscal effort by an extra 3 percent of GDP. Based
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