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  1. Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis

    Society

    Lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds

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  2. Newsletter 121 - 02/06/2017

    Newsletters

    International Airport SA offer to extend 20-year concession Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) fell... Commission (EC) figures showed. The ESI settled at 93.2 in May, which is the lowest reading since February... is almost attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763 million outpacing household lending deductions

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  3. Industrial turnover records five months of contraction after 6.2 pct drop in Aug
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    months, to -1.3 pints after a rise of 2.6 points in the previous month. Since October last year, industry confidence has risen by 4 points. Overall, economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a drop of almost 3

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  4. Kasselakis ousts controversial MP, intensifying speculation about plans for SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    : Polakis was reportedly a key figure in the process that saw Kasselakis, then a virtual unknown, run... September. Some observers saw this as the start of the effort by the young politician to show the public...’ parliamentary group following another outburst from the Cretan politician, but only time will tell

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  5. More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
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    Economy

    exceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall

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  6. The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
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    Agora

    the eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier

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  7. ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to its parliamentary group. The aftermath of the budget vote saw the media focus on the set of voter... lawmaker who backed the budget, Lefteris Avgenakis. The Cretan politician was expelled from ND’s... and Androulakis, 39 pct of respondents opted for the current premier and just 14 pct for the Cretan politician

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  8. Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw

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  9. Greek banks in intensive care: What lies ahead?
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    Agora

    their viability. Apart from the general provisions of the BRRD, the ESM direct recapitalization instrument (DRI) is also operational for bank recapitalization as of last year. The DRI will only be considered

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  10. Newsletter 339 - 27/05/2022

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    to 22.1 pct. This led to the gap between the pair narrowing to 9.9 points. PASOK-KINAL saw hardly any..., PASOK-KINAL saw its backing slip slightly, from 12.6 pct to 11.8 pct. The shifts over the two-week... challenge to New Democracy. The Cretan MEP sought to draw clear lines between his party and the two main

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