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Internal ballot boost SYRIZA membership numbers, bolsters Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhile Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Washington at the start of this week, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is looking to grab all the headlines at home after a significant turnout in the ballot on Sunday to re-elect him as party president. Although Sunday’s vot...
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Numbers stacking up for PM to announce winter relief package
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis heads for his summer holidays on Friday knowing that upon his return he will have to decide with his ministers what relief measures the government will set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) next month. I...
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March unemployment falls by almost 2 points YoY to 10.9 pct, jobless numbers down to 2009 levels
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate was marginally lower in March, edging down to 10.9 percent, after rising to 11.3 percent in February, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Wednesday. In March last year, the unemploym...
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Unemployment rate stays below 10 pct in Nov as inactive numbers rise
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate remained below 10 percent in November, landing at 9.4 percent, after a slightly downwards revision to 9.4 percent in October, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday. In Novembe...
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Kasselakis attempts to ease SYRIZA tension amid meagre poll numbers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAfter a turbulent few days, SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has been tyring to heal rifts in his party and establish the framework within which the leftists would consider being part of a progressive alliance to challenge New Democracy. Kasselakis wen...
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Greek entrepreneurship by numbers: Micro-scale and macro impact
EconomyFeaturesThe latest data released by ELSTAT on the demography of Greek businesses for the year 2023 captures the idiosyncrasies of Greek entrepreneurship and adds valuable insight to the debate about Greek competitiveness and the efforts to boost long-term growt...
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
seats at all for the winning party in a general election, applies immediately. If the bill gets a simple... for the winning party. Potami has proposed it should be one extra seat for every two percent of the vote... a fragile coalition of his own Socialist Party, Left Bloc, Communists and Greens. Costa, too, is finding
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Foreign minister toughens stance as first autumn polls pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicssecond term. Perhaps the most significant finding of the polls from the government’s perspective.... Mitsotakis knows that he needs to court a wide range of constituencies to have any chance of winning... and the toughening stance on migration, aimed at winning back right-wing conservatives, combined
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Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
PoliticsForeign Policyto a report in To Vima daily Vienna has expressed willingness to contribute to finding a solution... of countries that are not EU member states. This means any decisions taken by the EU are non-binding
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Progress rather than breakthrough the target at Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicselections in September, it wants a binding commitment now so that the European Central Bank is satisfied... on Monday. From the lenders’ side, apart from finding a common position on the three issues
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