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Water shortages a growing concern as government warns bills could increase
PoliticsGreek Politicsforces to tackle the problem. The minister was speaking at a workshop on the subject where experts..., “so that our children and the next generations do not have to confront the problem again”. Funding
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
. Nikolopoulou-Stournara denies any wrongdoing. Rather than the raid itself, it is the timing of the intervention... The single property tax (ENFIA) due in 2016 stands at 3.18 billion, 2.2 percent lower than last year’s figure, the General Secretariat of Public Revenues (GSPR) disclosed on Tuesday. More than 85 percent
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Newsletter 90 - 30/09/2016
percent to reach 28.02 billion, 363 million higher than target, although August’s target included... is a crucial month for revenue collection, since individuals are due to pay a total of more than 1.8... and sight accounts, respectively, more than offsetting a negative flow of 1.62 billion from savings
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Does the EU Commission suffer from optimism bias? (Part 1)
Agora. The EC growth outlook in its “baseline” scenario is higher than the “high” or optimistic scenario... rebound in employment shortly after the Covid shock to the EU economy than foreseen by the EC... that the EC assumes that the EU27 growth rate in average labor productivity going forward will more than
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Wolfgang at the door
Agorathe Germans, who had implemented the challenging Hartz reforms provide outright solidarity, rather than... and recovered much more slowly than the US did after experiencing its massive financial crisis. During... more than 40 billion euros through lower interest rates on its government debt, while a study
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Part-time work, low pay characterise crisis-era job market
Societythan through a permanent position. Around one third of respondents (32 percent) said that the job... they had been insured for fewer hours than what they worked and 9.3 percent worked without insurance.... One in five of all workers made less than 500 euros a month, of which 11.2 percent were men
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Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016
. The government strongly insists on increasing revenues rather than cutting costs (i.e. pensions... as favouring “neoliberal” positions that are even more drastic than those of the institutions... of 30.1 percent but better than the 1.3 percent increase in 2013. Last year's increase was considerably
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agorasporting achievement can provide anything more than a temporary release. Qualifying from the group stages... but more than a decade later the rise of the racist Front National threatens the legacy of the “Black... of promise rather than the herald of greater things to come. Much like the mountain climber who
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
reflecting domestic consumption rather than increased tourism activity. Triggered by a panic to hoard medicines rather than cover their actual needs, citizens also rushed to pharmacies, where child... than 40 brokerage firms, have suspended operations. Payments of a large number of utility bills
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Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016
accounted for less than 39 percent of total hirings, which is by far the lowest reading in the course of this year. This means that flexible types of work made up more than 6 out of 10 hirings. The largest.... The breakdown showed hirings reached 230,580 in September, more than offsetting the departures of 222,792
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