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How Greece's political system failed to safeguard the largest investment in the country's history
AgoraDuring May and June 2013, the four core banks conducted share capital increases to cover... the issue prices (plus a small margin) that existed during the recapitalisation process. By the end... in Parliament for the election of a new President of the Republic. During the first half of 2015, including
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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
that threatened to sweep the coalition away during the summer. Tsipras appears to be attaching particular weight... increases and spending cuts during the crisis years compared to all other OECD countries surveyed. 2... marks the second consecutive month that unemployment has remained under 20 percent. During
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agoratold the House of Commons in November 1940 during his valediction of Neville Chamberlain. The irony.... Alexis Tsipras tried many times during the recent campaign to convince voters that they must take... of offering economic incentives or gifts to voters during the campaign. If it comes to power, its
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Business leaders set out steps to attract skilled Greeks as govt offers wage subsidies
Societyprospects during the height of the decade-long economic crisis. Few have since returned... a first set of measures to actively stem the flow and begin its reversal. During a speech at the first... back Greeks who left during the crisis would launch within December as part of a pilot programme
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Newsletter 254 -19/06/2020
of the information. Speaking during a visit to the farming region of Thessaly, Tsipras accused... during the week. The primary surplus was below its target by 4.34 billion euros. During the first... helps refugees find accommodation, jobs and integrate into Greek society. He estimates that the process
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Newsletter 259 -24/07/2020
. Foreign arrivals dropped by 97.7 percent during the month, coming to roughly 55,600 visitors. The average.... Those from euro-denominated areas fell by 99.7 percent to 3,700. During the first five months... months showed a rise of 849 million euros, bringing the total to 26.62 billion euros. During
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Newsletter 268 -09/10/2020
case had been raised during the debate on the changes in 2019, both by SYRIZA’s own youth wing... turnaround for the Greek political establishment, who had shown a tolerance for Golden Dawn during its..., while those to non-EU countries dropped by 22.2 percent during the month. The aggregate figure
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Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020
of hotels operated during the year to date. Regarding hotels that operate year-round, only 59 percent... permits. During the first seven months of the year, building permits rose by 15.9 percent. Total permits... by 18.1 percent. During the first seven months of the year, building permits rose by 15.9 percent.
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The quarterly national accounts from the income side
Agorasee in Figure 1c is that indirect tax receipts were increased accordingly during the adjustment programs since 2010, with a peak during the second Syriza government. The ND government is of the view... becoming structural.[2] This policy has caused, in part, the widening of the deficits during
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the EU has failed to rise to the circumstances, unlike during the pandemic when it created... that rely on electricity, rather than oil or gas, for their heating during the winter. The new... the diesel subsidy for May and June. The new subsidy scheme, which will apply during the second half
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