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Newsletter 271 -30/10/2020
is still more than twice the number of cases that were being reported last week. The committee’s... of these concerned workers on furlough for three months, receiving less than 50 percent of their salary... than 200 euros per month. In Q2 2019, only 1 percent of employees had a net monthly income of 200
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Deadly floods raise questions about ND's civil protection pledges as Covid-19 accelerates
PoliticsGreek Politicsand businesses when the deadly wildfire hit two years ago, resulting in more than 100 deaths... the current picture even stricter measures than the ones recently implemented by the government will have to be introduced to flatten the curve. The government is hoping that the tighter measures
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsa constructive role in securing a better compromise offer for Greece than the one put forward... primary surplus targets of less than 3.5 percent of GDP after 2022. There has been no clear indication... of respondents believe that conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis would make a better prime minister than
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PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsever closer on the horizon. In what has become a pattern of surprise announcements, an earlier-than... that the minimum wage would be raised on April 1, a month earlier than scheduled. The announcement came after... than the eurozone average. The latest raise is expected to bring the minimum wage to at least 751
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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
SocietyThe proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011 and is several times higher than pre-crisis levels, according to a new study by the University... that has a monthly income of less than 400 euros has the symptoms of clinical depression. Depression
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Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy, Potami and PASOK but with someone other than Tsipras being appointed prime minister... the new coalition, rather than about any party scoring an outright victory.
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Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the government can pay off more arrears than was initially planned. On Friday, Tsakalotos warned MPs that some of the lenders would prefer the discussion on Thursday to focus on the prior actions rather than
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Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
PoliticsGreek Politics. The better-than-expected fiscal performance combined with a de-escalation in energy prices look... it offers citizens are weaker than the legislation New Democracy undid soon after coming to office
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Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications
EconomyMacroeconomyin the case of Greece to more than 209 pct of GDP in 2020, and the primary balance was pushed to -6.6... pct of GDP, a significant drop of the ratio by more than 60 points since the 2020 high. Greece
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe going better”, and attributed the stalling response rate to hesitancy rather than outright anti-vax
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