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Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017
-month period point to net hirings of 167,451, up by 5,256 from last year’s figure of 162,195... of hirings, respectively. The aggregate figures for the ten-month period point to net hirings
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SYRIZA in tight spot over strikes but poll deficit still closing
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent and the leftists on 24.5 percent for November, which is 1 point lower for New Democracy and 0.5 point higher for SYRIZA than in September. According to ProRata, New Democracy’s lead over
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How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Agorathe entire 2008 deficit by 6.6 billion euros. Although the initial estimates point towards a deficit... the start of the year did not point towards the reining in expenditure but rather moved in the opposite
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Name and shame
Agorathat it is the northern city’s fate to be the gathering point for politicians and citizens with unrealistic... difficult. Perhaps, though none of this mattered for them and their only goal was to make a point
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Newsletter 152 -23/02/2018
Fourth review about to start E-auctions remain main sticking point for lenders as loan tranche stays on hold Discussions between the Greek government and the institutions regarding the fourth review..., which could come soon after the end of the third MoU this year or at some point in 2019. The inquiry
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Ahead of IMF Spring Meetings, questions remain about conclusion of programme
EconomyProgrammethere is no rollback on reforms in Athens. A major sticking point is that some eurozone member states... for Greece to produce a “credible” growth plan. Scholz repeated this point in interview
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Collateral damage in Europe?
Agora, it is obvious that Germany and France are in a better point of departure than say Greece and Hungary... on the continent sounds convincing. But developments of the past 12 months rather point to growing obstacles
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Institutions prepare for Athens return, completion of fourth review
EconomyProgrammeStability Mechanism to be activated. This point seems to be one of the biggest hurdles that has to overcome... the point that from August 21 onwards, after the third programme ends, the discussion that Greece
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Coalition sees key targets met in debt deal but opposition has holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the lenders over the past 3.5 years. Athens will also point to the fact the grace period... on taxpayers and has stifled economic activity. The opposition will also point out that the package
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Income and living conditions survey shows persisting inequality
Societypoint YoY. The percentage of those at risk of poverty or social exclusion was 34.8 percent..., falling by 1.8 pps YoY. The rate fell by 1 point for the total population and those aged 18-64
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