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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeaturesThe plight of the Greek middle class has emerged as the dominant theme of the campaign for the July... the experience of the Greek middle class in the course of the financial crisis. The picture... of the population which identify themselves as “middle class”. The Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT
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Govt looks for formula to re-start tourism as calls intensify for support of entertainment sector
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government, representatives of the tourism industry and state health authorities... be right for Greek tourism to begin to open up from July 1. Mitsotakis is being lobbied heavily... to make the Greek offering more competitive in the global market, a freeze on income tax pre-payments
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Tsipras hits back with own economic pledges, choice for voters to ponder
PoliticsGreek Politicsand inflation crises which, after all, are the uppermost concerns in the minds of Greek voters... also promised to scrap the annual, one-off trade tax paid by the self-employed. The third priority... pledged improvements to the Greek judicial system, including more resources, more funding for Greek
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Newsletter 446 - 10/01/2025
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce his nomination for Greek president next week in what... pct and the Communist Party on 9 pct. SYRIZA follows in fourth on 8.6 pct, ahead of Greek Solution... a bulwark against global tumultIt has been widely reported that Greek Finance Ministry officials have
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European Commission approves 2019 budget, urges focus to meet end of year reform goals
EconomyProgrammein last June’s Eurogroup the Greek authorities made commitments to continue the implementation of all key... of GDP. Progress on the reforms front is mixed, urging the Greek government to accelerate implementation... amounts stemming from central banks' holdings of Greek bonds under the Securities Markets Programme (SMP
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Greek economy braced for impact from Brexit, hopes effect will be limited
Economywhat effect this could have on the Greek economy in the months to come. According to the central bank... 697 million pounds related to Greek exports to the UK. Pharmaceutical products made up 13.6 percent of Greek exports to the UK followed by electrical equipment (10.7 percent), milk and dairy products
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S&P downgrades Greece, sees economy shrinking by 1.5 pct in 2015
Economy, then there might not be enough time for the Greek Parliament to enact whatever conditions are attached to a revised programme nor will the Eurogroup likely have time to sign off the disbursement... in the liquidity of both the Greek government and the banking system that was beyond its previous assumptions
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
the institutions and the Greek authorities are continuing the discussions on the first programme review..., investment and tourism, coupled with bigger fall in imports compared to that in exports. Eurobank kicked off the fourth quarter reporting season of Greek banks on Wednesday by posting a loss of 175.3 million
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Killing puts strain on Greek-Albanian relations after stalled efforts to reach deal
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe death of a 35-year-old Greek man, Konstantinos Katsifas, who was shot by the Albanian police... trying to raise a Greek flag to commemorate the start of the war on the Albanian front in the Second World War. Other reports have claimed that Katsifas was the member of a Greek ultra-nationalist group
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Sino-Greek engagement: Path to 'win-win cooperation' is not always linear
Agora) in Fortaleza, Brazil. He briefly met with then Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to exchange views on the development of Sino-Greek relations. During his stay in Athens from November 9-11, Xi... learned in Sino-Greek cooperation. A frequent traveller to Greece is the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
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