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PASOK emerges victorious from first round of centre-left leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsformer PASOK ministers, gained less than 10 percent combined. The result means that Gennimata.... Theodorakis had stated during the campaign that anything less than 200,000 would be a failure. The fact... 2015 and substantially lower (334,752) than those who cast ballots in the second round in January
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Name and shame
AgoraMitsotakis the younger should know better than most that playing short-term domestic political games... such as the one in Thessaloniki, labelling them nothing more than the populist manifestation of fringe... even sharper mid-air manoeuvres than the Greek air force F16s he commands. Few eyebrows would
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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
Society, and reaction to problems rather than proaction to prevent them. On several occasions, worsening... trapped on Greece’s squalid island camps. No sooner had the directive been issued than the Greek... to more than one party shirking its responsibilities. Greece found itself at the sharp end
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Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018
rather than making a break from the past. This argument will seem much less convincing if Tsipras... on the fact that before the recession began the economy dominated by small firms, rather than larger... for the month of June, higher than the figure of 3.43 billion in May and 32.4 percent higher than
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Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018
questioned The deadly wildfire in Mati, northeast of Athens, which claimed more than 80 lives has... to the agency’s expectations, there are reversals of reforms, or if growth is weaker than expected, both.... Primary expenditure was confirmed at 4.28 billion for the month of June, higher than the figure
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Central bank points out signs of recovery in business lending
Economywas lower than the aggregate figure, dropping by 0.6 percent in 2018, from a 0.1 percent drop... than 500 SMEs which employ less than 250 staff, access to credit is still considered one... to 17 percent, down from 23 percent in the same period in 2017 and substantially lower than
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S&P keeps rating at 'B+' and highlights obstacles to competitiveness
Economy, or if growth is significantly weaker than expected, which would restrict Greece's fiscal... that is held by the private sector is less than 20 percent of total Greek debt, or less than 40 percent... lower than the average cost of refinancing for the majority of sovereigns in the 'B' category
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
than 70 percent) are standing for the first time. Their average age is 49 and 43 percent are women.... The employment balance was positive in Μay with 105,284 more hirings than departures, data from the Labour..., there were 3,441 fewer hirings than firings in May 2019. Total hirings came to 323,524 versus
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Govt scurries for effective Covid-19 response as opposition finds more holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicsless than 48 hours after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis informed Greeks that a month-long set... staff and of not ensuring that Covid-19 tests are available on prescription rather than forcing... businesses that employ 300,000 staff with more than 100,000 dependent members. There is no doubt
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Newsletter 280 -15/01/2020
little appetite for going to the polls again less than half way into the government’s term... more hirings than firings in December, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system showed. Compared to the same month last year, there were 5,782 more people hired than fired. Total
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