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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet
Societythan double the EU average, according to a report by Eurofound, an EU agency that studies living... work. A total of 27 percent believes working hours don’t work well at all or not very well... in saying they were too “tired all or most of the time” after work to do household jobs. Almost two in five
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Coalition unwound
Agoraattempt to please all sides. There was always going to be a point where this political balancing act.... Opinion polls have consistently shown the Socialists would struggle to get anywhere near double... does not inspire great confidence. For all its ills, the national broadcaster was a fall guy
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Pension reform wrangle prompts Greece to consider going own way on contributions rise
EconomyProgrammeinclude cuts to main pensions either at middle-digit levels for all pensions or a double-digit... not specified. Labour Minister George Katrougalos met with European Economic and Monetary Affairs
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Bailout talks resume with key issues pending and contingency measures emerging
EconomyProgrammereleased on Sunday evening, the Greek government says the main area of agreement is that all sides would... are not met, the non-paper notes that the government has not accepted such a proposal and its stance... is a country with huge unemployment and that will have double-digit unemployment for several decades to come
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
. This double whammy has caused concern among SYRIZA MPs in particular. The government’s parliamentarians... the course of the Greek crisis the task of finding whose goals have been met at the Eurogroup has been... topic in Germany ahead of next year’s elections. The Eurogroup statement ticked all of these boxes
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Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016
are fairly optimistic and could be met only under certain circumstances. It also stressed that ongoing over... improvement in August, the twelve-month trailing index still points to a double-digit decline of 10.5... it within the Union is a resounding defeat for all parties. Apart from leading to the loss
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Fiscal issues appear settled as Greece and institutions head for review deal
EconomyProgramme. This represents a double victory for the government as it will avoid having to implement both... will also be pleased that it has the apparent all-clear for the counter-measures, which are aimed..., more broadly.” Tsipras met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron
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The Greek election's winners and losers
Agoraopponents were the key features of Sunday’s elections in Greece. The numbers clearly show that, above all... time. It appears that SYRIZA’s effort to target young voters met with some success, especially after... and probably younger leadership in the hope that at the next elections KINAL could earn double-digit
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Newsletter 224 -18/10/2019
, representing a third of all debtors with outstanding payments. This is expected to generate around 4.5... creditors is met. The Budget Office’s detailed breakdown shows that majority of the expansionary... at double the eurozone’s rate next year (2.8 percent versus 1.4 percent), and approximately a third
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PM faces complex challenge as Turkey threatens free passage for refugees
PoliticsGreek Politicsup efforts to deter migrants from crossing. The latest development poses a double challenge... will attempt to focus on healing the rift between the government and the island communities. He met with some... suggests that all sides agreed on the need to speed up the asylum process. It also suggested that local
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