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Athens sees flexibility on fiscal targets, singles out IMF over role
PoliticsGreek Politicsagreeing new measures to reach the 3.5 percent primary surplus rather than pressuring the eurozone to go... on the issue of labour reforms than the IMF. On Monday, Dijsselbloem suggested that any agreement... than the one it would have wanted, New Democracy wasted no time in accusing Tsipras of being poised
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Racist attacks fell in 2016, report by monitoring body indicates
SocietyNetwork documented, through interviews, 95 incidents of racist violence involving more than 130... incidents, with more than 300 victims, registered by the same network in 2015. In 31 of the incidents..., more than one victim was targeted, while in 54 cases the attack was committed by two or more people
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IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
PoliticsGreek Politicsa constructive role in securing a better compromise offer for Greece than the one put forward... primary surplus targets of less than 3.5 percent of GDP after 2022. There has been no clear indication... of respondents believe that conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis would make a better prime minister than
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Greece secures next bailout tranche, moves towards deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the day but reports put the figure at 8.5 billion euros. Given that Greece has around 6.5 billion.... If this is the case, Athens will receive around a billion euros more than initially expected and will have more funds... clarity and his suggestion that debt relief will definitely be needed next year, rather than
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Eurogroup doesn't end in tie for Tsipras
Agorawanted (mainly changes to the pension and tax systems), it would then put pressure on the eurozone.... It provides some certainty for the years ahead and means lower targets than some of the lenders might... that his government secured some more funding than expected for clearance of arrears, a little more
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Greeks graduating after 2011 encountered limited opportunities, low pay
Societyof between 400 and 800 euros. Another 16 percent said they make less than 400 euros. Of the overall... their studies. Despite laws recently put in place, the IOBE found that in seven universities surveyed... percent and 19.2 percent, respectively. Though the figure for funding cuts is lower than
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Capital controls to ease further from the beginning of September
EconomyMacroeconomybank than the one they currently have an account with and the opening of a bank account by a natural... were first put in place in 2015 to stem the flight of deposits from Greek bank accounts amid... switched to paying by card rather than cash, and deposits in the banking system stabilised. Deposit
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US view on Greece proving constant amid change
Agorathan Belgium or Luxembourg, it is impossible not to ensure that you can defend yourself... approach to geopolitical issues on its southeastern flank seem more of an afterthought than a concerted... gives Greece an opportunity to take stock of its place in the world and put more emphasis on developing
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Tsipras reveals how excess surplus will be shared out, eyes political relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsscheme. Nobody earning more than 18,000 euros a year will receive any assistance, while the one-off... redistributed this year is more than twice the 617 million euros handed out last December to pensioners... in the leaked documents. This argument was also put forward by Tsipras in his speech on Monday evening. “Today
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Number of private sector employees rises in 2017 but wages fall
EconomyMacroeconomyby more than one firm. Compared to last year, the number of companies has risen by 14,085, while.... The vast majority of employees (68.4 percent) put in a working week of 35 hours or more. Slightly more than a quarter worked between 10 and 35 hours per week. The average monthly wage (including full
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