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Primary surplus 3.1 bln above target in H1 on severe underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyof the full year (FY) target. Overall, the actual figure of total grants to social security sector... target of 3.37 billion. As a result, the overall figure for total expenditure was contained by 6.7
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Have inflation "repay" Greek debt and growth reduce indebtedness
Agoraout of the total debt of 320 billion) were rescheduled out to a 50-year bullet maturity... in Germany’s total interest expenses and there would be no way to trace them separately. True, Germany
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Revenue uptick unable to stop 7-mth primary surplus outperformance falling to 724 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyinto account total grants to the social security sector (SSS) the situation is more worrying since... above target. Overall, total expenditure decreased by 6.3 percent in the 7-month period to 26.52
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Report sees fall in salary earners, big rise in part-time work during crisis
Economya rise in part-time employees with flexible employment making up more than half of total new hirings from... to the total jumped from 28 percent in 2009 to more than 44 percent in 2014. The net balance of hirings minus
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Unemployment rate eases to 24.6 pct in Q2 as number of employed jumps
EconomyMacroeconomy, the percentage of long-term unemployed to total jobless rose to 73.1 percent after easing to 71.6 percent in Q1. Part time employment slipped to 9.5 percent of total employed with 68 percent of part timers
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Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue
PoliticsForeign Policyof the European total this year. The dramatic nature of the rise in arrivals this year is starkly illustrated... the host of last year. This was less than one fifth of the total number of arrivals in Europe
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Ambitious privatisation targets will test government's resolve
Economytargets ahead for the coalition. The government has committed for total privatisation proceeds of 6.4... privatisations and other means. It is reminded that this fund would generate a targeted total of 50
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Budget execution slips in Sept as 3.08 bln primary surplus turns to underperformance
EconomyMacroeconomyof the 5-billion mark spot on target. Overall, total expenditure decreased by 5.3 percent in 9-month to 34.02 billion, 3.14 billion better than target. On top of primary expenditure, total expenditure
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Poverty risk rate in Greece hits high of 36 pct in 2014
Societyof poverty or social exclusion, 2004-2013 Year % of total population 2004 30.9 2005 29.4 2006 29.3 2007..., 2003-2014 Year % of total population 2003 16.9 2004 14.1 2005 12.8 2006 11.5 2007 11.5 2008 11.2 2009 11.0
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Some movement on Greece's name dispute but solution still long way off
PoliticsGreek Politicslast Saturday in Athens. Talks focused on the first package of 6 CBM’s (there are 11 in total... government was surprised by the fact that five of the total 15 EU member-states making up the so
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