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Additional Paid In capital Increase Decrease Through Share Based Compensation

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount received or receivable from the issuance of the entity's shares in excess of nominal value and amounts received from other transactions involving the entity's stock or stockholders.

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The increase (decrease) in the entity's equity resulting from the change in the equity of subsidiaries. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]]

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The increase in equity resulting from the sale or issue of treasury shares. [Refer: Treasury shares]

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Equity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Equity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
IFRS Statement [Line Items]
From share of changes in equities of associates		$ 11	$ 105
Additional paid-in capital	$ 105,150	104,749
Ordinary Share [Member]
IFRS Statement [Line Items]
From ordinary shares	93,341	93,341
Treasury shares [member]
IFRS Statement [Line Items]
From treasury shares	5,025	5,080
Share of Changes in Equities of Associates [Member]
IFRS Statement [Line Items]
From share of changes in equities of associates	150	146
Share Based Compensation [Member]
IFRS Statement [Line Items]
From share-based compensation	$ 6,634	$ 6,182