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  1. Building activity slumps by 21.7 pct in June for sixth successive month
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of double-digit contraction, the aggregate figures for the first half point to a fall of 17.2 percent... from the 2005 figure of 95,730. Meanwhile, apartment prices headed south for the twenty-ninth

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  2. Building activity rebounds 16.6 pct in Aug, largely due to low base effect

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in the last two months, the aggregate figures of building permits for the 8-month period still point... permits have plummeted by more than 86 percent to just 13,257 in 2015. Apartment prices fell by 2.7

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  3. Building activity up by 45.7 pct in May, highest since Dec 2005
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    ) figures showed that apartment prices decreased by 1.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter... the biggest rise surging for the second successive month by 15.9 point to -39.7, which

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  4. New asylum law comes up against old failings
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    Agora

    At the reception centre for asylum seekers in Rijswijk, bicycles are parked neatly like they would be outside any apartment complex or office block in the Netherlands. Joyous shrieks are heard nearby... and relatively peaceful centres like Rijswijk and providing a good starting point for integrating refugees

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  5. Building permits increase by 27 pct in August
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    quarterly Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed that apartment prices rose by 7.7 percent YoY during... last year, construction confidence has risen by 1 point.

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  6. Public sector staff trends survive MoU exit, change of government
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    Society

    at just over 569,000, only a slight increase over the low point of 565,671 reached at the end of 2016... or hourly contracts in the public sector has been on the increase since its low point of just under 55,000... in early summer. In June 2019 the number of public sector contractors was 103,213 and in June 2020 it had

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  7. Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
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    Agora

    predicted anywhere near a 7.4 percentage point win, which raises a new set of questions about... is 20 points lower than the proportion of voters who cast ballots in the 2004 elections. Also... responsibility” for the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas. Many Greeks decided there was no point

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  8. Coalition eyes electoral change, polls show wide lead for New Democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , New Democracy is on 32 percent (when just valid ballots are calculated), up half a point from last... percentage point to 8 percent, which is the same as far-right Golden Dawn in joint-third place... it will be this year. There was a two-point rise in the popularity of New Democracy leader Kyriakos

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  9. Election campaign moves into gear, opinion poll data still equivocal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greeks aged 17 or over this year will be able to cast their ballots. SYRIZA, in particular, will have its... parties in the younger age groups. ProRata’s survey suggests that there has been a 1.5 point dip... by half a point to 25.5 pct. PASOK is down 1.5 point to 9. The only other notable movement

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  10. Newsletter 120 - 26/05/2017

    Newsletters

    the target by 534 million. Drop in apartment prices accelerates in Q1 Prices fell by 0.5 percent in Q1... recorded a fall of 42.2 percent. Apartment prices fell at a faster pace by 1.8 percent year-on-year (YoY... revealed. Compared to the previous quarter, apartment prices contracted by 0.5 percent in Q1 after

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