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Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
Agora: consumption (C), investment (I), exports (X), and imports (M). Thus, when demand is equal to supply: Y = C + I + X - M. X - M describes the exports to abroad of what Greece produces in goods... domestically (including energy such as crude oil and natural gas). The balance X - M is called the “foreign
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Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the so-called Plan X that former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis worked on during the first half... a range of government officials, Plan X was never intended as a blueprint for Greece to follow... an institutional role. The government’s assertion that Plan X does not hide any dark plans
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Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government’s attitude towards civil society and human rights has come under fire from... media reports and complaints by press freedom and human rights advocates that the Greek authorities.... On Wednesday, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders presented her preliminary findings from
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Newsletter 190 -18/01/2018
of of appointments in public administration, where reforms were due to modernise human resource management... by 23.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) in October compared to an increase of 6.6 percent in September... but also leads the tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR), is one of the centre-left lawmakers that favours
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Human Rights Commissioner calls for improvements to battered healthcare system
SocietyA report by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe has shown the severe impact of the country’s crisis on Greece’s healthcare sector as well as the health of Greeks. The report... to accessing healthcare in practice and greater investment in ensuring that the human rights of disabled
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Primary surplus targets become part of main political agenda ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek Politicschange over time if the next government can overperform on the reform front remains to be seen... it immediately,” he said. “I’ve said ‘give me 6-12 months to prove that I’m serious in terms of reforms
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To Potami takes next step in mission to become key political player in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the European Parliament elections on May 25, the party’s result of 6.6 percent was still impressive given its... the 6.6 percent it received at the EU ballot) to transform it into a party that could govern... signing Greece’s first bailout agreement in 2010. Liberal parties such as Drassi and Dimiourgia Xana
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SYRIZA looks to eat further into ND's poll lead in final week of campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsrepeated that as long as the budget continues to overperform there will be more permanent positive...) is third on 6.6 percent, followed by Golden Dawn on 6.1 percent and the Communist Party (KKE) on 5.3... for SYRIZA. KINAL follows in third place with 6.6 percent, while the proportion of undecided voters
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If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
Agorahuman capital and factors that enhance capital and labour. The basic logic is that economies... productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which
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Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus
Agoraof nurturing the productive sectors of its economy and tapping into the impressive human resources it has... of the workforce was employed in the civil service and where public spending reached unrivalled levels, I’m guessing the first thing that would cross your mind is that I’m talking about Greece. Perhaps
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