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Unemployment falls again in August, edging down to 20.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate fell to 20.6 percent in August after a downward revised 20.9 percent in July, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday. The headline figure brings the jobless rate to the same ...
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CPI rises again in November, at accelerating rate of 1.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.1 percent in November, accelerating from the 0.7 percent in October, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday. The prices index is about to close a full rolling year in positive territor...
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government was forced to put to one side on Monday the tension with Turkey and clashes with New Democracy as it was forced to act on the latest crisis with potentially serious political implications, which emanated from a rather unlikely source: Gre...
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Unemployment rate edged up again in Jan, reaching 18.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate came to 18.5 percent in January, edging up from an upward revised rate of 18.4 percent in December, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday. For the same month in 2018, the un...
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Unemployment edges down again in June, falling to 17 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate came to 17 percent in June from a downward revised rate of 17.1 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority’s (ELSTAT) data showed on Thursday. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate cam...
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Development model questioned again amid reaction to luxury resort go-ahead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe construction of a large resort complex in Corfu on land ceded as part of Greece’s privatisation programme has ignited tension between the government and the local community. Meanwhile, questions have been raised about the benefit of privatisations t...
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Govt's management of Covid-19 response challenged again after latest measures, PM’s trip
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe image of competence and sensible management of the coronavirus crisis which the Greek government has been trying to project since the early days of the crisis took a major hit over the past few days. New Democracy’s woes began with repeated and cont...
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Greece hopes beaches won't be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise
AgoraGreece’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy has been closely aligned with the coordinated EU approach. This has guided the mix of vaccines acquired, the rate of delivery and the policy guidance on administration, while the roll-out process has been perhaps s...
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Economic sentiment picks up again in Oct but consumer confidence drops for fifth month
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued growing in October, when it rose by 3.7 points month-on-month (MoM) to 112.4 points after dropping by 3.3 points in September, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. Economic sentiment ...
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Government U-turns again to tighten Covid measures over Christmas
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn its latest about-turn on public health policy, the Greek government has announced a new raft of measures with immediate effect, aimed at slowing the spread of the Omicron variant in the country over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Speaking at a ...
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