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Unemployment rate hovers at 12.5 pct in May, improves by 3 pps on last year
EconomyMacroeconomythat protected jobs or placed employees on furlough schemes. The latest figure is the lowest unemployment rate... years bracket was 11.5 percent. The latest available data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani database
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Digital initiatives challenged by opposition focussed on cost of living and political hires
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the latest tally of public sector employees, which he said shows a doubling in the number of political... of the latest household income survey data. The report shows that the proportion of households
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Building permits turn negative for first time in more than a year, falling by 10 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyThe growth in building permits stopped in April, dropping by 10 percent year-on-year (YoY), after it had slowed down in March, rising by 2.8 percent, according to the latest data released... of 2021. The European Commission’s latest business sentiment indicators for July showed
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ND faces fiscal balancing act and more challenges over spying scandal
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties between May and July, according to the latest opinion poll from ProRata for Efimerida ton... following the latest revelations that the head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) allegedly
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Unemployment rate drops to 12.1 pct in June, lowest since before first MoU
EconomyMacroeconomyon furlough schemes. The latest figure is the lowest unemployment rate since the spring of 2010... in the 25-74 years bracket was 11.3 percent. The latest available data from the Labour Ministry’s
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PASOK and SYRIZA turn up heat on govt as surveillance case realigns political forces
PoliticsGreek Politicslatest statement, Androulakis said the government had lost its credibility and international standing... to suggesting that the prime minister should go. His latest statement, however, is being widely
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Import price rise slows to 32.8 pct in June, index posts first MoM drop since Nov
EconomyMacroeconomypercent. The latest consumer price index for July released by ELSTAT this week remained at record high levels of 11.6 percent, though it did slowdown from the 12.1 percent in June. The latest producer
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Subdued start for building activity as permits record back-to-back drop in May
EconomyMacroeconomyThe decline in building permits slowed in May, falling by just 0.4 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 10 percent decline in April, according to the latest data released by the Hellenic Statistical... Commission’s latest business sentiment indicators for August showed that the construction
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Newsletter 349 - 02/09/2022
that Greeks are most concerned about, the phone-tapping scandal has not gone unnoticed. The latest Political... of the economy were also captured in the latest business surveys by the European Commission. Economic
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Poverty rate rises in 2021; even after social transfers 1 in 4 children are at risk
SocietyThe latest living conditions published by ELSTAT on Friday shows that poverty resumed an upward trend in 2021 after a series of declines that started in 2014, with 2020 marking the most recent annual... in 2020. According to the latest data for 2021, after social transfers 19.6 pct of Greeks were
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