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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. Where are the Conservatives?
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    Agora

    by each average cabinet member. In Greece, each official cabinet member serves, on average, 170,000 Greeks. In Germany, this is 4.9 million Germans per cabinet member; the closest comparator is Sweden... of the deep recession and subject to conditionality from the Troika saw the employment totals decline

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  4. Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021

    Newsletters

    was negative with a 305 million-euro drop in lending, compared to an increase of 1.65 billion euros... of sexual abuse allegations regarding Dimitris Lignadis, who resigned as cultural director... a framework for addressing sexual harassment in the workplace, including a code of ethics for the public

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  5. 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... of structural reforms in the labour, product and service markets to remain a viable euro area member

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  6. Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the rape, who had been serving as a local ND committee member as well as being the vice-president... to accuse senior officials and team doctors of sexual abuse, while the story also prompted... one in two Greek women believes she has been a victim of sexual harassment and that the overwhelming

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  7. 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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  8. Defence agreement, views on Turkey attract most interest during Pompeo visit

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    and Turkey’s activities in Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Turkey Pompeo sent what Athens saw... of the S400 which is of a particular interest for the US. Upgraded role? The debate that has begun

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  9. Greece relies on labour, VAT and green taxes more than any EU member
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    EconomyFeatures

    . For example, Greece is one of the few Member States where the Participation Tax Rate (PTR) - which

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  10. 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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