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Hiring balance improves by more than 18,000 jobs up to Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance was negative in August with 2,542 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in August last year had 5,081 more departures. This led to a year-on-year drop of 2,539 fewer departures. Total
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
that comprise his cabinet were sworn in the following day. This was larger than the smaller, flexible team many... for renegotiating the target. Parliament is due to close for less than two weeks from August 10 onwards. Once... gone to Akis Skertsos, previously a director general at the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV
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Sowing the seeds of anomie in Greece
Agoraimplored the party’s lawmakers to be “whiter than white, purer than pure”. Unfortunately, it didn’t... to the hilt. It appears to be a case of wanting to avoid short-term political pain rather than laying..., bar some isolated cases such as ex-Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and former Thessaloniki
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Newsletter 320 - 10/12/2021
be casting his vote for Androulakis, even though the fact he sits in the European Parliament rather than... on the results, Minister of State Akis Skertsos argued that SYRIZA has stagnated and turned backwards...-left leader who is both younger than Tsipras and untainted by MoU-era government, and therefore more
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
moderate outflows of around 2.9 and 1 billion, respectively. More than 70 percent of total withdrawals... get a better deal than if the negotiation focuses only on fiscal targets and adjustment measures..., spending miss targets Greece’s budget execution showed that the 5-month primary surplus more than doubled
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After support package, government turns attention to "everyday" issues
PoliticsGreek Politicswould not be picking up the drinks tab.
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Politicians have commissioned, and largely ignored, multiple reports on wildfires
SocietyDemocracy came to power promising to deliver a more competent government than its predecessor, having..., and of focussing almost exclusively on evacuations rather than getting the fires under control. By the end... locations. Minister of State Akis Skertsos responded with a post on social media, which featured
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Surveillance scandal claims mount, ratcheting up pressure on PM
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Giorgos Gerapetritis and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s chief of staff Akis Skertsos..., it suggests that the government is the victim of a clandestine spying ring rather than the perpetrator... their chances of reelection next year. Inside Story’s article, more than any other so far, draws a clear
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek Politicsof staff Akis Skertsos. Papastavrou previously served under conservative PM Antonis Samaras, acting... pct and 43.5 pct. SYRIZA is projected to gain 55 seats and no more than 22.5 pct of the vote, while... in September 2015. Nevertheless, the turnout last month continued to be lower than the pre-crisis
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Government defends economic recovery narrative as first poll after summer break lands
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Greeks are in a less advantageous financial position than is often portrayed, while SYRIZA is in a spin... in the European Union over the last three years, and are some 20 pct lower than in 2009. The article..., and the criticism of government policies it sparked among Greece’s opposition parties, Minister of State Akis
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