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  1. Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015

    Newsletters

    burden in the last quarter of this year appears very heavy, with a large amount of taxes due by the end... performance, which saw its share of the vote increase slightly to 28.1 from 27.8 percent in January... and household equipment, where it fell by 24.1 percent. Furniture, electrical and household equipment saw

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  2. Pandemic takes heavy toll on Greek workers, study finds
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    EconomyFeatures

    on salaries was dramatic. From March to June, between 100,000 and 180,000 people exited... of poverty. Losing a job comes at a particularly heavy price in Greece, since after two years... of three categories: Either they saw their work suspended for three months, were registered as unemployed

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  3. Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022

    Newsletters

    of the minimum wage to 800 euros, cuts to VAT on basic goods and excise duty on fuel, an intervention... themselves “undecided”, however centre-left KINAL holds steady at 12.3 pct, retaining the advantage... by ELSTAT of consumer prices in Greece, which saw the index rise by 5.1 pct year-on-year in December

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  4. 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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  5. Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap elections on Sunday after SYRIZA suffered a heavy defeat in the European Parliament elections, making it virtually impossible for him to hold on until... take a dramatic turnaround to now prevent the centre-right party ascending to power next month

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  6. 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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  7. Public deficit and democratic duty

    Agora

    following a presentation at the London School of Economics. “Members of the general public have a duty... what triggered Greece’s crisis is a matter of democratic duty. Nick Malkoutzis

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  8. Polls show drastic erosion of trust in institutions, but ND retaining political dominance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    captures a pattern of dramatic erosion, in some cases reversal, of trust in public institutions among the Greek public. The police force has seen an equally dramatic reversal in perceptions with trust

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  9. Commission slashes 2015 Greek growth forecast to 0.5 pct, sees debt rising
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    Economy

    revision for 2016 GDP is less dramatic, now pointing to a growth of 2.9 percent from 3.6 percent..., uncertainty is taking a heavy toll on investment, which is also suffering from constrained credit... percent before, while retaining its 2016 estimate almost stable at 3.6 percent. On unemployment, the EC

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  10. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    , as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... hit a brick wall. It lacked the conviction to make the tough changes in the public sector, to make

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