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How SYRIZA lost and New Democracy won
Agorahalf a million registered voters, SYRIZA in September 2015 beat New Democracy by more than 10 percentage points (pps) 35.81 percent versus 25.29 percent. With more than 70 percent of Sunday’s votes... by more than 3 pps, 32.9 percent versus 29.5 percent. With 71 percent of Sunday’s votes counted
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Parties' competing tax pledges come up against challenging reality
EconomyFeaturesa higher proportion of the tax burden than in five years previously. For those earning between..., if the economy produced more than 3.5 percent primary surplus, the government can implement a number... to rely on funding from elsewhere in the budget rather than redistributing the tax burden. SYRIZA
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May employment balance positive by 105,282 as seasonal hires pick up
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive in Μay with 105,284 more hirings than departures, data from..., there were 3,441 fewer hirings than firings in May 2019. Total hirings came to 323,524 versus... 30-44 years, where there were 35,775 more hirings than departures. The mildest positive balance
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The benefits of being Greek
Agora, economically liberal voters have nowhere to go other than towards New Democracy. With the demise... more desirable than foreigners, or perhaps are some Europeans better than other Europeans? Are all of them better than third country nationals? Brexit may hold the answer to that question. You obviously
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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agoradelivered light drizzle rather than a deluge. Also, Tsipras has had to implement the same kind of policies that scuppered his predecessors’ chances of survival. He held on longer than they did, but tax... 2015, he obtained a fresh mandate to implement the third programme, rather than the aspirational
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National Bank first to test market waters in post-election afterglow
Economythan the initial guidance, after investors put in bids for more than three times that amount on sale... market last year. Still, such sales are little more than sticking plasters on the gaping wound... Zavvos is a lawyer with more than two decades of experience working for the European Commission
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
million owners of property worth less than 60,000 euros will see a 30 The Finance Ministry hopes... taxpayers, and 10 percent for the 14,706 people who own property worth more than 1 million euros..., the European Commission estimated that this year’s primary surplus would be no higher than 2.5
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July employment balance turns negative by 14,691 after five straight months of positive data
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance turned negative in July with 14,691 more firings than hirings, data from... of positive balances. Compared to the same month last year, there were 6,081 fewer hirings than... aged 30-44 years, where there were 23,543 more firings than hirings. This was followed by those aged
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Deaths continue to outpace births in latest demographic warning
Societydeaths. However, the number of deaths of infants aged less than one year came to 300, raising slightly the infant mortality rate (number of deaths of infants aged less than one year per 1,000 live births) from 3.46 in 2017 to 3.47 in 2018. Overall, there were 33,857 more deaths than live births in 2018
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Parties gear up for clash over escalating migration challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Aegean crossings. More than 1,000 migrants have arrived on Lesvos, Chios and Samos this week... than its capacity. The pressing nature of the situation on Lesvos and other islands has placed... a migrant, rather than a refugee, crisis. The implication of the statement is that the majority
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