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New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease
SocietyGreece is facing a potentially explosive situation as the largely unaddressed refugee crisis has begun to take on new and troubling aspects in 2018. The UNHCR’s website recorded a total of 9,375 sea... March 2016 and March 2018. During the same period, a total of 39,650 final decisions were issued
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Athens struggles with civil service evaluation, reduction of arrears
EconomyProgrammeby the end of the programme on August 20. The total figure still outstanding at the end of March... for reducing arrears but this will depend on Athens having made progress by then in bringing the total
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Marginal increase to 20.8 pct for Feb unemployment rate
EconomyMacroeconomyby 33,636. Total employment has been standing above 3.7 million since February last year. The figures.... Full-time hirings increased to 55.6 percent of the total, representing the first time since May 2017
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyfor 875 million euros. It received total bids of 2.49 billion euros, including 392 million of non-competitive bids, taking the coverage ratio to 2.84. The total amount accepted was 1.14 billion euros
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Banks meet NPE targets in Q1 but mortgage reductions remain slow
EconomyMacroeconomyloans (target: 50 percent) and 43.9 percent for residential loans (target: 43.2 percent). The total... at an additional amount of 4.7 billion, bringing the total amount of loan sales for the period
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Hirings balance hits new record high of 108,725 in May
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of the total, compared to 38 percent for part-time work and 12.2 percent for shift work. The share of males among total hirings edged down very slightly to 55.4 percent in May from 55.5 percent
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PMI at 53.5 pts in June as Greek manufacturing sector finishes Q2 on a positive note
EconomyMacroeconomyorders in both the domestic and export markets. Total new business increased for the eleventh month... and export markets increased, with total new business nearing 12 months of growth. Export orders have
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Unpaid contributions rise to 33.86 bln as more legacy debtors added
EconomyMacroeconomyshort of 1.4 million. Most debtors, 49 percent of the total, owe less than 5,000 euros for a total
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July current account shows surplus of 1.58 bln as tourism drives services surplus
EconomyMacroeconomyprices, total exports of goods rose by 6.9 percent, and total imports by 7.7 percent. In absolute
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PDMA readies bond schedule for 2019, with eye on prepayment of IMF loans
Economyis scheduled for June 2024. Greece started repaying the EFF in 2016. Total obligations to the IMF next... years, the IMF is one of Greece’s most substantial creditors. Obligations to the Fund total 7
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