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

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    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. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    to allow privately-owned Huawei equipment to be used in its forthcoming mobile telephony 5G wireless... of Vodafone and Telefónica O2 operating in Germany have built the 4G network with Huawei infrastructure equipment. All three companies have long-term strategic partnerships with Huawei. The transfer

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  4. Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    also taken steps to make properties available on short-term rental platforms, like Airbnb, more

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  5. Short-term rentals raise rents by average of 8.3 pct, study indicates
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    EconomyFeatures

    indicated the alleged impact of the short-term rental market in Greece. The survey leveraged a variety... to 2018, Grant Thornton found that the short-term rental market in Greece accounts of 10 percent.... The existence of clusters of short-term rental properties available on platforms such as Airbnb also

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  6. Greek competitiveness rank remains low as tax, bureaucracy create obstacles
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    EconomyFeatures

    compared to where it lags. Many of the poor scores in the subpillars reflect areas where Greece’s lenders... scores were noted in the subpillars of the effect of taxation on incentives to invest (137 out

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  7. Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with Chinese officials over Huawei’s efforts to counter US efforts aimed at limiting the telecom giant’s expansion. The claims were made in the wake of a New York Times article that alleged Huawei’s.... Georgiadis denied having any kind of inappropriate relationship with Huawei and insisted that he

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  8. Greek housing market at new juncture as Covid-19 shakes foundations
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    EconomyFeatures

    (so-called “golden visas”), the growth of the short-term rental sector through platforms... and property management firms active in the sector. The short-term rental market is believed to have... well whittle down the pool of potential applicants. The short-term rental market also started showing

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  9. Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
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    Agora

    they see as Beijing’s incremental slide into European territory. Heated debates on Huawei... or the telecoms sector, as the dispute over 5G and Huawei shows. Lastly, the million-dollar question

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  10. Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021

    Newsletters

    Vaccines turn political PM announces compulsory jabs for some, prompting first major anti-vax protest Amid concerns about an approaching fourth Covid wave hitting Greece this summer, the government announced the start of compulsory vaccinations this wee...

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