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Greek Q2 growth of 0.8 pct confounds recession forecasts
EconomyMacroeconomyis well above the Reuters poll that saw a GDP contraction of 0.8 percent QoQ and is probably... in the flash GDP calculation refer to preliminary data until the end-May period, while the provisional... year, official forecasts saw GDP growth of 2.9 percent in 2015, among the highest growth rates
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid in by workers plummet by 31.5 percent between 2010... government’s wayward and naïve negotiating strategy last year, which saw the early signs of an economic... it is left with no choice but to rescue and register them. Its inability – until now – to ensure
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agorafunds. The country’s main social security fund (IKA) saw the level of contributions paid..., which saw the early signs of an economic recovery wiped out and Greece’s banks undermined... them. Its inability – until now – to ensure that the screening process is carried out to the standards
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Tsipras sails through multi-bill vote, looks to disbursement and debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politics’ court regarding the disbursement of bailout funds and debt relief. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saw... would be put on hold until the end of the year and efforts would be made to find equivalent.... Other late changes saw the tax on beer increase from June 1, 2016 (instead of of Jan 1, 2018
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Newsletter 98 - 02/12/2016
leader no doubt saw an opportunity to display his leftist credentials by paying his respects to Castro..., which soared 13.3 points to -53.8 last month. The construction confidence indicator saw the most...). If his government then manages to hold on for a four-year term (until 2019), to also bask in the glory
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Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
, which earlier this month said that their members would boycott all property auctions until the end... apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices fall by 0.7 percent in Q3. Properties up to five years old saw price falls of 0.5 percent. Properties in Athens and Thessaloniki recorded price
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
-tranche that had been pending for the last few weeks until Athens could show that it had achieved... in Q4. Old apartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices fall by 0.3 percent in Q1, at the same rate as Q4. Properties up to five years old saw their prices edge down by a marginal
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Mitsotakis pledges more tax cuts in 2020 amid police violence claims
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWednesday night’s vote on the 2020 budget, which saw the economic plan approved by just the 158 New... that the government saw as a key part of the confidence-building exercise vis-à-vis foreign investors. Staikouras... to a certain amount that would allow the IMF to keep its presence in Greece until the end of the post
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsfinancial assistance, in the hope that this will buy it enough time until some of the restoration... outlets and even blogs. It was a move that the opposition saw as a thinly-disguised attempt by ND..., which saw Greece drop five places to 70th out of 180 countries. New Democracy’s response
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Report on minister's surveillance ups ante for ND, as PASOK reels from MEP's arrest
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat until now, the government had accused opposition parties of peddling stories and scandal-mongering... could be substantially diluted over the coming months. Kaili arrest New Democracy saw an opportunity..., Kaili had taken what many saw as an ND-friendly stance, from vehemently opposing the Prespes Agreement
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