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PM seen boosting powers despite making minor alterations to cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicsdevelopment” rather than just public finances. Skylakakis is seen as the key government figure... Democracy to maintain its commanding lead in the opinion polls, rather than suffer an erosion support... than SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras, whose attempt to appeal to voters that identify with this part
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Newsletter 261 -07/08/2020
commanding lead in the opinion polls, rather than suffer an erosion of support as the economic... with the centre and centre-left than SYRIZA and Alexis Tsipras, whose attempt to appeal to voters that identify... Revenues (IAPR) has shown. New tax debt totalled 2.44 billion, lower than the figure for the same
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Pandemic's growing economic impact warrants extra support measures, funded by cash buffer
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe funded from the existing reserves, rather than new borrowing. This appears to back up media reports... 200 pct of GDP, which is a tougher challenge than it may sound initially due to the rate at which... without a job in June are 13 pct higher (around 125,000 people) than in the same month last year. ELSTAT’s
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Greeks suspicious of Covid-19 origins but warming to vaccine, polls show
Societyknow while less than a third (30.6 percent) said they believed that the virus was not man made. More women than men were likely to believe that the virus was man made, as well as people over the age... by those who believe the coronavirus is more contagious than seasonal flu and also more lethal.
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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsof emergency on the island following the first conflagration, which left more than 3,000 camp residents... greater weight than its fair share”. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen... Greece as a bridge to the EU rather than a hurdle, and put an end to an approach that is increasingly
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Overdue social security contributions rise to 37 bln in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomy) revealed. Until the end of 2016, KEAO was fed by overdue contributions of more than 5,000 euros from... owed showed that 80.1 percent of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount... million in 2016. Revenue collection for 2017 came to 1.05 billion, higher than the amount for 2016
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Budget primary shows deficit of 6.61 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyperiod, as mentioned, 3.52 billion euros lower than the target of 32.46 billion euros. The MoF said... stood at 32.36 billion euros, lower than the target by 3.02 billion or 8.6 percent. The full revenue... payments by 159 million euros. State budget expenditures for the aggregate period was higher than the same
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Unemployment edges up to 16.7 pct in Q2 as tourism jobs dry up
EconomyMacroeconomyto be employed. This applies if the suspension period is less than three months or if they receive more than... than 1 year) fell by 16,500 in Q2 compared to Q1 and came to 508.800. Out of the total, long-term
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Newsletter 266 -18/09/2020
at least on the foreign policy front, although it may prove a brief respite rather than a long-term de... of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey has to do with talks, rather than negotiations. Conducting... governor noted that the economic performance in Greece for the first six months of 2020 is better than
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 5.48 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomy, 2.40 billion euros lower than the target of 32.46 billion euros. The MoF said that this was due... billion euros, lower than the target by 1.90 billion or 5.4 percent. On an aggregate basis, tax revenues... budget expenditures for the aggregate period was higher than the same period last year by 5.01
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