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  1. Apartment prices up by 2.5 pct in Q4 and 1.5 pct in 2018 as property recovery solidifies
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    2017, the absolute number of permits came to 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. Up to November

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  2. Unemployment rate falls to 18 pct in Dec, lowest since July 2011
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    higher. The overall labour force came to 4.72 million in December; slightly lower than the 4.74... departures than hirings. Total hirings came to 157,141 versus 179,474 departures. In the aggregate period, the employment balance showed 141,003 more hirings than departures, below the full-year

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  3. Tsipras tempted to ditch snap elections option and hold on until October
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , rather than snap election in May at the same time or before the European Parliament ballot.... Opinion polls in the wake of the agreement indicate that more than 60 percent of voters opposed... than many of its opponents believe in October. However, if the prime minister has decided to hold off

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  4. Athens set to press ahead with primary residence law despite differences with lenders
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    EconomyProgramme

    an assessed property value of less than 250,000 euros and who still has up to 130,000 euros to pay.... For instance, the lenders have reportedly suggested that anyone with more than 20,000 euros in deposits... that the government might be willing to consider applying lower thresholds for the business loans than

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  5. Primary surplus confirmed at 822 mln in Feb
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    euros, which is 201 million euros higher than the monthly target. State budget expenditures for the first two months of the year came to 8.97 billion euros, which is 566 million euros lower than..., the PIB balance posted a surplus of 182 million, 210 million better than the target.

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  6. IAPR annual data shows growing tax pile and pressure on middle-income taxpayers
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    Economy

    than 5,000 euros per year. Between 2010 to 2018, declared incomes fell by around 26.7 billion euros... incomes of less than 10,000 euros. Out of 3,964,567 family tax declarations, 644,790 families... five years ago. The average household income declared in 2018 came to 11,556 euros. Less than

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  7. Corruption claims dominate political discussion ahead of elections

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    will be dominated by clashes over corruption allegations rather than debates over policy choices. The submission... and doing anything other than their duty. SYRIZA’s parliamentary spokesman Nikos Xydakis attempted... issued in previous years to New Democracy and PASOK, which owe a total of more than 400 million euros

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  8. Tsipras claims EU vote will be close as SYRIZA looks for boost from relief measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    billion euros, rather than the 800 million euros SYRIZA is making available for retirees. “He is making... be an indicator of the voting trends in Greece, rather than a referendum on the government’s performance, as he... Periklis Panagopoulos. He said that government officials had to declare any gift worth more than 200

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  9. Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
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    Society

    of the total resident population at the time. More than half were Albanian citizens (52.7 percent... of citizenships acquired by foreign nationals, granting only 1,896 citizenships, less than 0.2 per... rejection rate. One in four applications from this group were rejected in 2018, up from less than 4

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  10. Budget primary surplus at 1.46 bln in Apr, above target by 2.13 bln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    due on May 27. Tax refunds came to 1.19 billion euros in the aggregate period, higher than..., above target by 1.31 billion euros, and 3.7 percent higher than for the same time last year... to 17 billion, landing 769 million lower than target. The MoF noted that expenditure was 11.3

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