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Recovery plan will meet EU priorities not Greek needs

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GREECE/EU

The plan, otherwise known as Greece 2.0, is reportedly the most detailed national plan EU officials have yet seen. It contains 175 investment projects and reforms. Green…

Digital trade will help spur Singapore economy

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SINGAPORE

The government is urging local companies to adopt digital solutions to meet the challenges of the post-pandemic period. Meanwhile, it has tightened regulations on hiring of…

Lifting COVID-19 measures may hit resilient eastern EU

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EU

Available second-quarter data indicate a shallower recession in most of the eleven eastern EU member states (EU-11) than the rest of the EU in January-June. This may be due to a…

Virus second wave will derail Greek budget forecasts

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GREECE

The official baseline is for an 8.2% GDP contraction in 2020, and a 7.5% rebound in 2021. It took into account moderate restrictions on movement in winter 2020/21, but the…

Basic Policy signals Tokyo’s economic direction

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JAPAN

These policies also foster communication between government and business, labour unions and other stakeholders. Continuity of policy is matched this year by adjustment in response…

Southern Europe faces long recovery after COVID-19

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EU

The pre-pandemic state of many southern economies, embodied by high levels of debt and low growth potential, will make it more difficult for these countries to offset the…

Albania’s tourist boom will endure

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ALBANIA

Albanian tourism is booming. The country has posted Europe’s strongest growth in terms of overnight stays (the EU average was 13%). More than 60% of bookings came from foreign…

Cuban vice-president looks set for top job

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CUBA

The 57-year-old heir apparent -- Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel -- was born after the 1959 revolution and represents a symbolic generational shift. However, Castro’s continued…

Decarbonisation to test the boom in business aviation

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INTERNATIONAL

Though the level of increase is disputed, it is unarguable that emissions per passenger on private jets are a multiple of those for passengers on commercial airlines. Partly for…

Castro reforms set to slow in Cuba

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CUBA

Rapprochement and reform efforts.