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  1. Revision sees 2016 fiscal surplus at 0.5 pct of GDP

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    support spending, which in 2013 was the equivalent of 10.8 percent of GDP. In 2015, it reached 2.7...–2016 period. The text includes revisions for all prior years and from the previous release in April

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  2. SYRIZA feeling internal pressure due to handling of refugees
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that there is no prospect of Mouzalas being removed from his position and that he has the prime minister’s support... be limited to the Greek islands, to revert back to the previous asylum process and for authorities

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  3. Coalition seeks to remove review obstacles, turn up pressure on opposition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ” to support the tax cuts he has proposed. “Will he cut pensions? Will he reduce pay in the public... and Stathakis) passed by the current, as well as previous, administrations. Beyond the potential

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  4. Strike legislation, auctions present Athens with challenges in wake of SLA
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    EconomyProgramme

    that it could have passed through Parliament with the support of the conservatives. However, the government... by first-degree unions, requiring them to have a quorum of more than 50 percent rather than the previous

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  5. Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    claimants. Opposition politicians immediately accused the government of trying to buy voters’ support... that previous governments had overlooked Western Attica because of its working class population. The prime

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  6. Multi-bill on way as Athens aims to complete third review by Jan 22
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    EconomyProgramme

    the cash buffer that the coalition wants to create to support its exit from the third programme...-month T-bill were sold at an interest rate of 1.65 percent, down from 1.95 percent in the previous

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  7. Coalition focuses on positives as MPs gear up for vote on vast multi-bill
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government is preparing to submit a multi-bill that will reportedly stretch to around 600 pages and is expecting that it will receive full support from SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs... they will hold protests over this change and SYRIZA MPs have expressed concern about the measure in previous

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  8. Net job hirings balance positive by 15,315 in December
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and secretarial support (2,840). In contrast, the sectors with the highest negative balance were... in November. The share of departures in turn rose to 60 percent from 55.7 percent in the previous month

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  9. Athens set for 6.7 bln bailout tranche, talks on post-MoU framework
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    EconomyProgramme

    at last June’s Eurogroup that a cash buffer would be created to support Greece’s exit from... correcting some of the injustices that took place in the previous years. “The completion of the programme

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  10. Net job hirings balance negative by 16,542 in January
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and secretarial support (-3,263). In particular, the negative balance in the catering sector reflects the high... rose to 64.2 percent from 60 percent in the previous month. A negative hirings balance was noted

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