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Anti-virus measures will hurt Greek economic revival

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GREECE

In Greece, a country of 10 million people, 114 patients are in intensive care for COVID-19, of whom 35 are breathing through tubes (‘intubated’). The vulnerability of the…

Foreign-exchange risk dogs Central Europe

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EUROPE

This unexpected appreciation surge came after several weeks of sharp currency swings, as contagion from the Greek crisis hit foreign exchange (FX) markets. In the 'Visegrad Four'…

Athens-Moscow upgrade need not worry West

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GREECE

The outcome corresponds neither to the hopes of those who believed in a radical upgrading of relations between Russia and Greece, nor to the fears of those who had speculated that…

Greece is drawing more global high-tech investment

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GREECE

The potential for foreign investment in high-tech Greek companies.

Market volatility will test Hungary's policy regime

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HUNGARY

Despite mounting pressure on Hungarian assets, partly stemming from the Greek crisis, and the end in May of a long spell of deflation, the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) expects to…

COVID-19 crisis will spoil Greek climate-related plans

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GREECE

After securing a record allocation from the new EU budget, estimated at EUR72bn (USD84.8bn), the Greek authorities must now formulate a comprehensive strategic development plan in…

Government-Syriza rifts may bar Greek crisis consensus

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GREECE

Koufodinas, a left-wing terrorist convicted of eleven assassinations of businessmen, conservative politicians, and UK and US officers, believed he was entitled to transfer to…

Greek GDP will plunge despite latest stimulus package

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GREECE

The speech set out the government’s economic policy guidelines for the remainder of 2020 and 2021, largely extending the package of fiscal measures in place since April 2020…

Parts of Greek economy will be unreformed post-bailout

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GREECE

Greece will re-enter international capital markets solely on the strength of its economy, after a near-decade-long recession that wiped out one-quarter of its output and left…

Bad Greek debt must be cleared for growth to start

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GREECE

Banks' bad debts.