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  1. Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence

    Agora

    Greece is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its war of independence, which began in 1821 and allowed Greeks to free themselves of Ottoman rule and oppression, and form their own nation-state. To mark this occasion, we spoke to Sakis Gekas, the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Chair of Modern

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  2. Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits
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    EconomyBanking

    Eurobank posted an adjusted net income of 305 million euros in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1), compared to a profit of 72 million euros last year. Core pre-provision income (PPI) rose by 10.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 to 240.4 million euros, with 62.1 million euros of loan loss provisions

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  3. Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021

    Newsletters

    October are thought to have exacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Wednesday saw the first mass

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  4. Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis

    Society

    Lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds

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  5. More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
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    Economy

    exceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall

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  6. The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
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    Agora

    the eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier

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  7. IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
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    EconomyProgramme

    a preference for an ambitious, front-loaded adjustment, the report notes that the IMF clearly saw... and the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent

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  8. Sharper drop for retail sales in July points to lingering recession

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    period, with the average monthly inflow at c400 million euros over this 3-month period. Our

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  9. Retail's downward slide continued with 8.9 pct sales drop in August

    Economy

    , with the average monthly inflow at c400 million euros over this 3-month period. Our understanding

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  10. Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
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    Society

    rise in the prevalence of heroin use. At the same time, the number of syringes and condoms distributed

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