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  1. If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
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    Agora

    productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which saw growth of 1.2 percent. The equivalent for Ireland has been more than 2 percent. Since reforms

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  2. 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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  3. Nightmare on Democracy Street

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    to heal as the 50s and 60s saw the continued persecution of leftists, culminating in the military... of Golden Dawn supporters gathered for a remembrance event in Meligalas, the village where Greeks

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  4. Covid-19 stretches health system again, putting reopening of shops in doubt
    By Natasha Pandazopoulou/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    prison transfers and furloughs, which some opponents saw as being designed to allow the November 17... Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing some accusations of taking a vengeful stance on the issue because

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  5. Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
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    Society

    and 2016, university graduates saw a significant drop in employment in the public sector, while... sector was 884 euros in 2016 compared to 1,054 euros in 2008. In the public sector, despite falling

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Newsletter 405 - 08/12/2023

    Newsletters

    the tax bill also saw the new parliamentary group made up of the 11 MPs who quit SYRIZA recently make their debut after unveiling at the beginning of the week their new name and logo. The rebels have... difficulties, which saw prices drop by 40 pct and construction investment plumet. Private spending was affected

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  9. Government braces for farmers' protest, SYRIZA officials put out by leader's approach
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    potential changes to the grouping’s name and logo, as well as its political direction and structures. Some officials saw this as an attempt by SYRIZA president Stefanos Kasselakis to by-pass

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  10. Karatzaferis offers to boost New Democracy's right wing with LAOS alliance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    scene, taking 5.63 percent of the vote in the elections that saw Karamanlis’s New Democracy suffer... where liberal reformists sat uncomfortably alongside staunch nationalists. This odd and precarious

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