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New asylum law comes up against old failings
Agoracountries with a high approval rate for asylum applications, countering the argument that they are mostly... Asylum Service, 99.6 percent of Syrians are awarded asylum in Greece. This rate falls to 97.8 percent... in terms of the recognition rate. Political pressure The government’s stance is partly a reflection
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ND mulls next tax cuts as it prepares to unveil new electoral law
PoliticsGreek Politicsrate. However, this is also subject to taxpayers fulfilling the conditions of the new regime regarding... threshold. Any shortfall will be taxed at a rate of 22 percent. The next round of tax measures is high up... for 2019 and there are initial indications regarding the growth rate for 2020 and possible fiscal
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Fitch raises Greece to 'BB,' two notches from investment grade, sees growth at 2.5 pct in 2020
Economypercent of it is at fixed rates which makes it essentially immune to interest rate shocks, the average... of revenues is below ‘BB’ and ‘BBB’ medians, of 7.8 and 7.1 percent respectively. The effective rate of the rate, interest payments over the stock of debt, is well below that of most eurozone peers
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PMI at 56.2 pts in Feb amid rise in manufacturers' confidence, employment
EconomyMacroeconomyat the fastest rate in 10 months with greater demand from foreign and domestic clients being the main... in turn rose at the fastest rate since March 2007. According to anecdotal evidence provided by those... leading to a rate of job creation which was the second fastest in the series history. The outbreak
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Personal responsibility and public healthcare: Greece on a wing and a prayer
Agoraand carried a low mortality rate. Maybe Greeks needed to be jolted out of this false sense of security... rate, with total expenditure on health rising from 14.7 billion euros (8.6 percent of GDP) in 2003... spending levels and the rate of increase were out of line with the rest of the European Union, where
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EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak
Legalat an interest rate, which is at least equal to the base rate applicable on 1 January 2020 plus the credit... interest rate subsidies on loans and bank loan guarantees. 2. Support for employees and unemployed
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Waiting for Eurogroup outcome, ND and SYRIZA focus on economic interventions
PoliticsGreek Politicswill contract by 6.5 to 8.8 pct, researchers at Panteion University in Athens see the unemployment rate... the number of deaths reached 73, which translates into 7 per million. The death rate is higher than some countries in the Balkans, but lower than most in Western Europe. The death rate remaining
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Newsletter 247 -10/04/2020
rate in treating serious conditions. The doctors also raised the need for specialist training for ICU... December Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate came to 16.4 percent in January... time last year, the unemployment rate came to 18.5 percent. During January, employment increased by 27
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ELSTAT shows decrease in material deprivation, poverty risk, while education mobility remains static
Societyencouragingly, levels are declining after a peak in 2015. The rate currently stands at 17.6 percent for children and 16.2 percent overall. In 2009, the rate was 11.9 percent for children. Among the total... more illustrated by the findings. Without any social benefits or pensions, the at risk of poverty rate
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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
non-gg (5.89 billion) and gg (3.97 billion) entities. 2 Unemployment rate jumps to 17 pct in May... (SA) unemployment rate came to 17 percent in May from a slightly upward revised figure of 15.7 percent... year, the unemployment rate came to 17.2 percent. Total employment stood at 3.73 million people
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