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Defence spending, economic support plans dominate PM's policy speech
PoliticsGreek Politicsseveral years during which Greece had pared back such expenditure, with the aim of bolstering... and public transport, has been cut back to the bare bones. During the last decade, Greece slashed defence
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Employment balance positive by 4,342 in August, aggregate shows 169,239 fewer jobs created
EconomyMacroeconomyas layoffs. The proportion of hirings that were for full-time work came to 51.2 percent. During the month... recruitments during the period March to May in branches of economic activity that are related to tourism
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Flooding, Covid-19 threat in Athens dominate ND's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicspeople lost their lives during the storm and a total of around 5,000 buildings were damaged. Parts... for the start of the new school year. During an extensive press conference in Thessaloniki on Sunday, SYRIZA
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Tsipras picks holes in ND approach, unveils own spending proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe national health system underfunded and schools understaffed, endangering public health during... accumulated during his term, to fund more substantial support measures. Tsipras also touched on the hot
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Apartment prices rise by 4.1 pct in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomya rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. During Q2, properties in Athens and Thessaloniki recorded YoY price..., and by 2 percent in other areas of Greece during Q2. For the whole of 2019, based on revised data
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 5.48 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomyby 2 billion euros during the first eight months of the year. Personal income tax (PIT) was below.... For the same period last year, interest payments stood at 4.50 billion. During the first eight months
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Latest air traffic data emphasises tourism's difficulties as 2019 data reveals bumper year
EconomyFeaturespercent. During these three months, a total of 2.4 million passengers arrived at the airport... of 603,658 arrivals. During August 2019, arrivals from these three countries totalled 2 million
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Trade deficit falls by 27.1 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomydropped by 22.2 percent during the month. When stripping out the impact of oil products and the value..., respectively. Without these two elements, the trade deficit decreased by 15.1 percent during the first
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Golden Dawn sentencing excites political controversy
PoliticsGreek Politics”. Former PM Antonis Samaras, during whose term the court case was initiated, was also keen to claim...’s decision. The implications of the new penal code for the GD case had been raised during
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Industrial production drops by 3.8 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomyand quarrying index (+10.1 percent). During the first eight months of 2020, the IPI fell by 3.9 percent... to September’s figure was the stabilisation of production during the month. Employment increased
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