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Record low net job balance in Aug but 8-month figure highest since 2001
Economymillion in the 8-month period, while departures stood at 1.18 million, of which more than 53 percent related to layoffs. Less than half (almost 48 percent) of the year to date hirings involve full-time employment, around 38 percent part-time and more than 14 percent shift-work.
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Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016
to outbid established TV channels and businessmen by offering more than 50 million euros for a permit... that Christos Kalogritsas has been granted more than 120 million euros in loans by Attica Bank, around half... government less than a decade ago. What damaged Karamanlis a few years ago was not necessarily
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Broadly stable rate in time deposits, corporate loan rates fall in Aug
EconomyMacroeconomywas 36 bps in loans for amounts less than 250,000 euros, where the rate landed at 5.82 percent. Lower decreases of 19 and 4 bps were recorded for amounts higher than 1 million euros and between... bps higher than the eurozone average rates. In the household lending sector, the rate for housing
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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
AgoraFylis announcing his intention to alter the classes so they are more like religious studies than..., for instance, has a much more favourable view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, than is normal... relationship with Russia than to be tough with it in foreign policy disputes. A median of 48 percent
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IMF's role in Greek bailout remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammeaccept a special advisory status with limited powers rather than participating with funding in a new... that the IMF remains on board. The same sources noted that the IMF could have more powers than a simple advisor... than 104 percent of the target set for the July–September period. The same sources also confirmed
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Greek government faces hard labour dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politics, accused the Tsipras government of “crushing society” with more austerity. Late on Monday, more than... in unemployment, still above 23 percent, and a steady drop in job quality. More than a half million... than half of its own voters.
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ELSTAT revises 2015 primary surplus downward to 0.15 pct of GDP, slightly ups debt
EconomyMacroeconomymillion lower than the April figure of 1.1 billion (0.63 percent of GDP). According to ELSTAT... lower than the April estimate. Even after the downward revision by almost 0.5 percentage points... stands at 311.67 billion, 221 million higher than the April estimate, and corresponds to 177.4
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Countering a regressive and illiberal Europe
Agorais at stake is much more than the EU itself: it is the danger of a regressive and illiberal Europe – a Europe... and challenge more than ‘just’ the European Union. If polarisation cannot be halted and the insecurities... than the disintegration of an international institution. At the end of day, it is not about the EU
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Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
Agorain the legislative process, the adoption of majority, rather than unanimous, voting and for a greater... in the arm it desperately needs. One senses that what is required now more than anything else is political... of the EU’s current failures rather than the Union itself. He cites a lack of cooperation between
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World Bank sets out savings Greece can make from streamlining welfare benefits
EconomyProgramme-out. The report highlights that although Greece spends more on social protection than the EU average... of the population receiving either zero or very insufficient transfers. The World Bank examined more than...) in 2015. The breakdown shows almost half (more than 800 million) relate to family and child benefits
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