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IMF expects difficult year for public finances, PBO highlights impact on labour force
EconomyMacroeconomyeconomy. PBO The PBO sees four transmission channels of the pandemic: One from the supply side... within 6 months, one of medium speed taking about a year and slow recovery of 2 years... spends one of the lowest GDP percentages on health overall at 4.7 pct but has one of the highest
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Govt looks for formula to re-start tourism as calls intensify for support of entertainment sector
PoliticsGreek Politics, making Greece one of the first countries to do so. He also committed to providing government support.... The challenge at the domestic political level is one of managing expectations in the industry..., if there is sustained evidence of containment of the virus. Entertainment Entertainment has emerged as one of the areas
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European Commission's travel guidance brings some optimism for Greek tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politicscountries, as well as the formation of “travel bubbles” such as the one agreed among the Baltic states. Bilateral travel agreements are one of the main planks of Greece’s post-pandemic tourism strategy... of Macedonia found that one in two respondents was against opening borders to visitors from all
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Greek-Italian sea borders, EEZ pact ties up loose end but also carries wider significance
PoliticsForeign Policyuntil Tuesday) agreement on delimiting the continental shelf between Greece and one of its... agreed minor adjustments to the 1977 agreement. One significant element is that the new agreement... them. The next significant agreement will be the one with Egypt, even if this may include a limited
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Newsletter 256 -03/07/2020
Democracy approaches one year in power. An opinion poll published on Wednesday suggests that the government... areas. Carried out by Aboutpeople for the News247 website to mark one year since New Democracy came... to a range of risks. The greatest one is posed by a second wave of the pandemic, which could lead
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
AgoraOne hot day in the summer of 1847, 19-year-old British soldier William Mills decided to take a dive..., one would expect that there would be more space in the national debate for views like the ones... of large sections of the media. Is that surprising? Not really. One can easily trace similar patterns
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Moody's upgrades Greece to 'Ba3' on back of reforms, warns of tricky period ahead
EconomyIn an unexpected move on Friday night, Moody’s upgraded Greece’s credit rating by one notch to ‘Ba3... scale and is just one notch behind Fitch’s. Fitch is two notches below investment grade, while S&P... Greece’s investment profile, which is one of the lowest in the EU. The agency highlights
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Newsletter 278 -14/12/2020
and one in three employees are surviving thanks to state support. The numbers reportedly show that 32.6... in the following year. The bank presents two alternative scenarios, a milder one that recession does not exceed 9 pct and a more severe one that sees a stronger and longer impact of the pandemic, where
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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policynotice that the US decided to impose these sanctions essentially one business day after the European Council meeting” The imminent change of US administration appears to be one of the reasons that during... at the European Council. But on the other hand, considered the Council’s presidency and its approach, no one
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Newsletter 281 -22/01/2021
to be extended by one more month. According to Kathimerini, the Finance Ministry is devising a support plan for businesses that will be rolled out in three stages: One up to April, the second until... for support in the first months of the new year. One of the reasons that the government decided
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