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Podcast - Long live the revolution: The legacy of Greece's 1821 war of independence
AgoraGreece 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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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
AgoraTaiwan. By and large, among Chinese analysts publishing on Sino-American relations under Trump 2.0... migrants and get grocery prices down. A spat with Jerome Powell is out in the open, as the Fed chair has not given in to Trump’s call for lower interest rates. And the U.S. president may have
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Helped by trading gains, Eurobank posts 305 mln in Q1 profits
EconomyBankingEurobank 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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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
to be announced by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Tuesday. The low vaccination rates among frontline... a targeted The low vaccination rates among frontline hospital staff have been a cause for concern from... October are thought to have exacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Wednesday saw the first mass
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Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis
SocietyLower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012.... Among its main findings is that while wage-related income per household fell on average by 10.9 percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most
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Greece seeks EU help on refugees after Schengen threat but big challenges remain
PoliticsForeign Policywith the refugee and migrant crisis. The call for help from Athens appears to have been prompted by multiple... pumps, tents, portable toilets and waterproof clothing, among other things. 2) It agreed... as it gave fodder to the opposition parties in Greece. Also, Greece's call for help came a few hours
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Newsletter 274 -20/11/2020
in the worst-affected areas in the north of Greece. Among the measures under consideration are said... of the coronavirus. The opposition parties saw the move as excessive and an affront to democratic sensibilities... a forceful response from the police. Lenders see difficult fiscal path ahead Greece among hardest hit
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
the unilateral action we saw from the SYRIZA-led administration last year. The government made it clear... Macedonia (+11.6 percent) and North Aegean (+5.3 percent). January saw the number of building permits hit...-out review process boils down to a fundamental lack of trust among the parties involved, persistent
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PM seeks to leave ICU controversy behind as Tsipras ups stakes with snap election call
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the pandemic, fuelled by the Omicron variant, and that it should resign, prompting snap elections. This call... likely that Tsipras’s decision to call for Mitsotakis to step down was triggered by the recent change.... By calling for snap elections, Tsipras wants to show that SYRIZA is still the dominant force among
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Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
PoliticsGreek Politicsremain prominent among voters, eroding public trust in Mitsotakis and the government. The latest poll.... Among the potential new parties expected to run in the next elections, 6.3 pct say they are very... widespread disapproval for the party among voters with respect to its handling of the economy
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