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Government under fire for supporting controversial fertility conference
A state-sponsored conference on female fertility has caused embarrassment at the highest level of the Greek government and institutions, after its agenda was revealed to be heavily influenced by the church and the far right.
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Mitsotakis and Erdogan break ice, look for calm summer
If the much-anticipated meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was focussed on breaking the ice at a personal level and creating the necessary conditions for a calm summer, then their talks in Brussels on Monday could be considered a first step in this direction.
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Budget primary shows deficit of 8.17 bln in May, falling below target
The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 8.17 billion euros in the first five months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 4.84 billion in the same period of 2020, the preliminary Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution bulletin for May showed on Tuesday.
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Parties gear up for confrontation over labour bill
The government’s proposed labour reforms will be at the heart of a political battle in Greece this week as the draft law moves to Parliament’s full assembly ahead of a vote that is likely to take place on Wednesday.
More Greeks waved forward for vaccine as basic coverage edges to 40 pct
Left pulls together against ND's labour reform bill
Economy
Car sales increase by 57.2 percent in May
Road motor vehicles going into circulation for the first time rose by 54.1 percent in May compared to a jump of 361 percent in April, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday.
Building permits jump by 42.9 pct in March, from year-earlier start to lockdown
Unemployment edges down to 16.3 pct in March as inactives approach 3.5 mln
Society
Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
Greece has been singled out for its poor performance in the global rankings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2021 Global Gender Gap Report.
New development law chips away at Greece's Natura 2000 regime
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Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
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Productivity developments in the Greek public and private sector
In Blog 5 for Macropolis, we demonstrated that in Greece the government employment trend, in relative terms, is outstripping the hiring trend in the private sector almost irrespective of the economic cycle.
The allocation of labor resources in Greece and the EU-27
Podcast - Greece's year of trying to shake off Covid-19