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Higher number of firms and employees, increased average wage in private sector in 2016
EconomyMacroeconomywere employed in more than one firm. The number of companies has increased by 10,870 from 2015... also 541 large corporates employing more than 250 employees each. As it was also evident last year... part-timers, around 41 percent received a salary up to 1,000 euros, more than 20 percent between
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Pensions main source of finance for half of households as income falls again
Societyof households reporting that they were worse off quantitatively and qualitatively than before... (37.1 percent) homes said they survived on less than 10,000 euros a year, up from 36.3... with more than five members, unemployed members and on low incomes found it hardest to cover basic needs
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Budget execution starts 2017 with primary balance outperformance on target-beating revenues
EconomyMacroeconomy, largely reflecting higher than expected revenues (by 340 million), while primary expenditure and Public Investment Budget (PIB) balance came in 58 and 41 million lower than target. In addition, the state... rose by 6.1 percent to 314 million, slightly better than the target. This led net revenues up 10.7
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First day of talks highlights distance that needs to be covered
EconomyProgrammeon the fiscal issues, it reportedly lasted less than half an hour and the key topic was the agenda of future meetings rather than a comprehensive discussion. Government sources said the starting point... of each year rather than the official announcement by Eurostat around four months later
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Greek women in crisis
Agorathose who have been looking for work for longer than 12 months, 62.35 percent are women. This is equivalent to more than half a million women. However, informal unemployment for women is estimated... than the global average of 23 percent but in certain sectors, the inequalities are startling
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What Dijsselbloem didn't say
Agoraor him as a personality. In football parlance, we should play the ball rather than the man. The reason..., while compounding rather than solving many of the problems it was meant to address. Solidarity... also begin to appreciate that there is more to it than some decision-makers would like to admit. We
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Newsletter 114 - 07/04/2017
(1.82 billion) is owed by 83.8 percent of taxpayers (3.61 million) whose tax debts are less than... more than 300,000 euros each or 78.79 billion combined, corresponding to 84.8 percent of the total..., more than half (52.1 percent) between 2011 and 2015, while the remaining 10.9 percent relates to 2016
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Greeks most sceptical in EU about country's future, their voice counting in Europe
Societyto the EU two years ahead of the next European Parliament elections, Greek responses, more often than... to last for many years” in Greece, which is more than double the EU average of 30 percent. Citizens... to their respective countries (98 and 97 percent) than the citizens of the other member states to theirs
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Newsletter 118 - 12/05/2017
increased at a faster pace of 36.2 percent in March, more than double the growth rate of 17.7... rise of 21 bps to 5.38 percent was recorded for loan amounts of less than 250,000 euros..., Tzanakopoulos described the court as issuing a “non-binding opinion” rather than a “ruling”. He also said
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EU migration survey paints picture of lives of non-native population in Greece
Societywas more than 12 percentage points higher in non-EU both youth than the native born population. The trend in the EU member states tended to show that non-nationals had a higher rate than nationals... rate of nationals was substantially higher than that for non-EU citizens at 21 percentage points
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