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Report sees fall in salary earners, big rise in part-time work during crisis
Economyto the total jumped from 28 percent in 2009 to more than 44 percent in 2014. The net balance of hirings minus..., the number of salary-earners in the private sector fell by more than 300,000 in the 2010-14 period compared... a rise in part-time employees with flexible employment making up more than half of total new hirings from
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Budget primary surplus of 3.8 bln to Aug beats target by wide margin
EconomyMacroeconomyoverperformance (by 646 million). The monthly balance stayed positive for the third straight month... last year, and 98 million higher than target. Overall, net revenues grew 1.9 percent in August and 4.1..., remaining 2 billion lower than target. MoF said that compared to last year, expenditure increased by 292
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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
production by 4.6 percent, which accounts for around 21 percent of the total index that more than... the beginning of the year. The sale of passenger cars, which make up more than 83 percent of vehicle sales...’s lenders. Tsipras suggested the upcoming second programme review would be “less difficult” than
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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet
Societythan double the EU average, according to a report by Eurofound, an EU agency that studies living... “well”. The results suggest that Greeks are more likely than their EU peers to worry about work “always... of its workforce (43 percent) who work more than 40 hours a week in their main job, a rate far above
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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
than expected, but they will be closely followed by economic policy promises from New Democracy leader.... The government is also examining the possibility of poor families, with annual incomes of less than 9,000 euros and properties worth less than 85,000 euros, being completely exempt from ENFIA
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
that the new law would have on their balance sheets, with reports suggesting that the lenders do... is that the applicant’s total savings should be no more than 50 percent of the unpaid loan, which means... by the borrower should be no more than double the threshold for the primary residence i.e. 500,000
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ND moves on to next bill after first round of tax cuts approved
PoliticsGreek Politicsless than 60,000 euros,” while half of that amount is for properties worth more than 500,000 euros... more than 1 million euros are less than 15,000 of 7.3 million taxpayers in total and that their tax... of the total reduction would be enjoyed by those owning properties worth less than 200,000 euros. Staikouras
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Newsletter 223 -11/10/2019
that a better-than-expected performance on the revenue side over the last few months has given... to the Finance Ministry, more than 1.1 million taxpayers applied to settle their tax and social security debts... euros on heating fuel benefit this winter and that the subsidy would be paid out in advance, rather than
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agoraare used to protect motorcycle riders elbows rather than heads, wheelchair ramps are considered perfect... the balance. If the prime minister could not encourage personal responsibility in his own party, what... by adopting restrictive measures earlier than other leaders after heeding the multiple warnings coming from
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PM unveils 50 more ICU beds as Covid-19 death toll passes 500
PoliticsGreek Politicsfollowing a donation from the Greek Parliament. The Sotiria Hospital previously had less than 30... that the pressure on the public health system is comparatively slightly lower now than... image rather than making tangible improvements. “We all know the reality in the health system
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