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Athens looks for improving mood rather than tangible outcome from Erdogan visit
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens sees the High-Level Cooperation Council between Greece and Turkey, due to take place this Thursday, as yet another opportunity for both sides to retain the positive mood in bilateral relations, which has existed for roughly the last 10 months. Ho...
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Wages index rises by 8 pct YoY in Q2, taking growth to more than 2 years
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) Wages Index maintained a solid growth trend in Q2, rising by 8 percent year-on-year (YoY), from 7.4 percent growth in the first quarter of 2024, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Thursday. The wa...
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Newsletter 413 - 23/02/2024
that the rule of law in the country was in a stronger position than ever and that the only arbiter of its... for New Democracy. More than seven in ten say the government is doing a bad job on the cost of living... the most vulnerable in society. The data shows that the poorest households spend more than a quarter
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Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
Agoraof the previous year alone -rather than the five-year average- would be used as a baseline to calculate the 15.... Compared to the eight months of the previous year, it reduced its consumption by 31.8%, more than double its contractual obligation; in fact, Greece’s performance put her in fourth place among EU-27
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Budget primary surplus of 1.1 billion slightly outperforms target by 77 million in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyof 1.07 billion in March following a surplus of more than 1 billion recorded in each of the previous two... in March, mostly due to higher direct taxes, which came in 131 million better than target. Overall... of target by 69 million. The better than expected performance of direct taxes is mainly attributed to higher
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Support finely balanced as coalition enters make or break December
PoliticsGreek Politicsof homes with a value of less than 200,000 euros. It is a sign of the pressure the government feels... reminiscent of the Greek left than the technocratic finance minister and the coalition he serves... a narrow lead over SYRIZA and one poll put the leftists ahead. A Kapa Research poll in Sunday’s To Vima
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How snap elections in Greece fit into Samaras's strategy
Agoraattempts to put off the inevitable. There was never a convincing case that the coalition’s... of SYRIZA, Independent Greeks and Democratic Left, to discuss an agreed solution was less than his role... overcomes these hurdles, it will still have to put its demands for debt relief and economic stimulus
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Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe tougher than the ones on the table a couple of weeks ago. A third bailout would also be put... that the Commission had a Grexit plan ready to put into action if there is no agreement. Tusk spoke... positions. Tsipras now has to put forward a credible plan within the next few hours and hope that his party
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Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
Agoraput their faith in Alexis Tsipras again after his erratic time in office. Neither theme has really gripped the Greek public. Most voters are savvy enough to understand that SYRIZA is not “purer than... Democracy, though, also faces difficulty when it comes to the issue of trust that it put at the centre
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In Erdogan's shadow
Agoraaware that he is in the box-seat. The Turkish president is also a much better negotiator than his...-right MHP in such a coalition would have put Greek-Turkish relations on a particularly precarious footing and put in serious doubt the rekindled reunification process on Cyprus. In a recent interview
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