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Unemployment rate unchanged at 12.8 pct in Jan, employment rises by more than 300,000 YoY
EconomyMacroeconomynegative by 25,804 more firings than hirings
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PMI drops to lowest in more than a year at 53.8 pts, but manufacturing remains on solid ground
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI dropped by one point in May to 53.8 points, according to S&P Global data released on Wednesday. May PMI is the lowest in more than one year, but still indicates solid operating conditions in the Greek manufacturing sector. The overall expansion is the slowest since March
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Travel balance surplus more than doubles YoY in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel balance recorded a modest surplus of 112.6 million euros in January, compared to 114.9 million euros in December, according to data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Tuesday. January's balance was over 106 percent higher than the 54.6 million euros recorded in January 2023
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Hiring balance improves by more than 18,000 jobs up to Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance was negative in August with 2,542 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in August last year had 5,081 more departures. This led to a year-on-year drop of 2,539 fewer departures. Total
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Budget balance up to May well above target as VAT brings in 650 mln more than planned
EconomyMacroeconomyof 103 million euros, from a 1.88 billion euros surplus in May 2025. The overall balance is better than
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Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
PoliticsForeign Policyof the agreement with Albania to resolve bilateral issues remains pending, while bilateral relations...; Tsipras had a slightly different approach than his Foreign Minister when talks were taking place.... The enhancement of bilateral relations, though, was a government policy with Tsipras's blessings, who has
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Primary surplus inches up to 2.9 pct in Greece's 2015 draft budget
Economywith Sunday's To Vima newspaper. This figure is higher than the both the 2.34 percent initially presented... with To Vima, Staikouras said that under current estimates 2014 primary surplus is estimated at 2 percent of GDP, which is higher than the EAP target of 1.5 percent, the 2.3 percent included in the MTFS
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SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicate that the leftists are set for a victory in less than two weeks. Another common feature... it into Parliament. This applies to any party receiving less than 3 percent of the vote. It is difficult to judge... Research poll for Sunday’s To Vima gave SYRIZA 28.1 and New Democracy 25.5. Kapa Research for Vima
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek Politicsretirees receive their payments in less time than in the past. The premier told his party’s MPs... more worrying. It put the number of pending pensions at the end of Q3 this year at more than... report in To Vima, the number of outstanding pensions is roughly were it was in 2014 before a gradual
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Reports claiming link between spyware and state pile pressure on government
PoliticsGreek Politicsand others being illegally monitored. Documento, which in previous weeks published two lists of more than... elections. The coverage of this issue by the mainstream TV channels remains more limited than... and To Vima, previously supporting of the government and somewhat dismissive of the wiretapping
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