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Tussle over labour reforms shaping up as spark for broader political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsdid pick up a seven point drop since last summer, meaning that just 28% of Greeks said they tended...The government’s proposed labour market reforms and the extent to which they open up ideological... highlighted by right-wing newspaper Dimokratia and then picked up by left-wing media, the survey shows a high
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Govt gears up for arrival of Covid-19 vaccine amid virus flare-up in some areas
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe public’s trust in the process, which will see more than 1,000 vaccination centres set up around... in that direction, up 3 points from last month. Also, 57 pct of those questioned said they intent... continues to drop (1,155 were reported on Thursday) but with daily deaths and the number of intubated
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Will the Covid-19 crisis undermine the EU Green Deal? A view from Europe's periphery
Agorahave equally called for post-emergency recovery packages (fiscal and monetary expansion to prop up our... an environmentally resilient economic model; while creating green jobs across the EU by directing fiscal... model has been the design of financial tools to drive this transition, namely the EU Green Deal
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PM seeks diplomatic initiative in Middle East as PASOK looks for momentum at home
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAndrius Kubilius offered unusually warm praise, calling Greece a model for European defence... professionals in “brain‑intensive” sectors - programmers, analysts, start‑up employees, marketing... be implemented through social dialogue and tied to a broader shift in Greece’s production model - one
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Industrial turnover up 0.4 pct in July for rare second straight month of growth
EconomyMacroeconomycontinued heading south, showing a drop of 4.4 percent. The slight increase in July largely stems from... markets slipped 2.9 percent. The latter is mainly due to a drop in the turnover for the non-euro zone... that the highest rise was posted in mining of coal and lignite (up 41.4 percent), followed by other mining
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Travel receipts up 13.3 pct in March as tourist arrivals increase by 34.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyis fully attributed to international tourist arrivals surging to 613,100 (up 34.3 percent). However, the strong volume growth was to a large extent offset by a 15.3 percent drop in the average non-resident... to soaring international tourist arrivals (up 45.6 percent) to 1.73 million, which more than offset
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Industrial turnover up by 8.1 pct in June for eighth consecutive rise
EconomyMacroeconomytrailing index up by 10.3 percent, also reflecting a weak performance in the second half of 2016... and quarrying which increased by 11.9 percent. It is noted that this sector makes up a fraction of the total... with energy increasing by 13.5 percent. Intermediated goods were up by 9.3 percent, capital goods
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Apartment prices up by 4 pct in Q1 for highest increase since 2007
EconomyMacroeconomyby 1.7 percent, picking up against the rise of 0.8 percent between Q3 and Q4 2018. On average in 2018... to a decrease of 1.2 percent in 2017. Properties up to five years old saw price increases of 4 percent compared to an increase of 2.5 percent in Q4. Across 2018, prices of properties up to five years old
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Tourism responsible for up to 30.9 pct of GDP in 2018, study suggests
Featuresin 2019, the INSETE noted that tourist arrivals could drop by up to 7 percent in 2019. In a publication... per person amounted to 526.70 euros, edging up slightly by 0.8 percent year-on-year. This stemmed... also highlighted how the crisis has impacted domestic tourism. Using data from ELSTAT up to 2017
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Retail turnover rises by 2.3 pct in June, volume up by 2.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomydrop of 1.9 percent in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday.... The corresponding volume index also rose by 2.3 percent after a revised drop of 2.2 percent in May... and stationary at 7.6 percent and supermarkets at 4 percent. Automotive fuel sales were up 1.8 percent. Those
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