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Lenders set out key review issues as Athens tables proposals for fiscal space
EconomyProgrammeand backpay for some categories of pensioners who have more than 30 insured years of work. Another... euros turned red during the crisis. The banks are calling for more than 2 billion euros of state... residences. The current scheme is due to expire at the end of April and despite more than 40,000 people
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Govt takes up fiscal requests with EU as pressure over min wage, main homes mounts
Politicsof ANFA and SMP profits for investment rather than just debt servicing and Beyond that, there are two... than banks because they are not weighed down by the lenders’ capital concerns. Minimum wage Another... the minimum wage by 11 pct, more than the panel of experts and the institutions advised, to 650
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Unemployment continues decrease in Nov, falling to 16.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomythan hirings. Compared to the same month last year, there were 9,636 fewer people hired than fired... balance showed 127,644 more hirings than departures. The respective balance for the same period last
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Overdue social security contributions edge down to 35.38 bln in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomy) revealed. Until the end of 2016, KEAO was fed by overdue contributions of more than 5,000 euros... of debtors owe less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 4.54 billion euros (12.8... to 1.05 billion, higher than the amount for 2016 by 28.4 percent. For 2018, total revenue collection
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More fiscal measures lined up as Covid-19 seen shaving up to 0.9 pts off 2020 growth
Economyin impacted areas that had to close for more than 10 days. The government has also offered to subsidise... to the coronavirus and the migration crisis. Although Alpha notes that Greece is somewhat more protected than other countries because the virus will impact demand more than the supply side, it adds
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Newsletter 244 -20/03/2020
for a one-off, emergency scheme rather than a regular ECB QE programme. Also, the fact that New Democracy has a cash buffer of more than 30 billion euros at its disposal, which it inherited from... measures were taken earlier in Greece than in some other countries and that the number of cases
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ND to unveil more economic support as coronavirus restrictions are extended
PoliticsGreek Politics, with more than 115,000 layoffs recorded in the first three weeks of March, whereas 250,000 companies have... than 30 billion euros, although that remains the mots straightforward option in the short-term... to developments rather than putting together a major package that would protect jobs and ease economic
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Waiting for Eurogroup outcome, ND and SYRIZA focus on economic interventions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe number of deaths reached 73, which translates into 7 per million. The death rate is higher than some countries in the Balkans, but lower than most in Western Europe. The death rate remaining... percent. This has translated into support for New Democracy reaching more than 40 percent in the opinion
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Unemployment at 16.4 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomythe Labour Ministry’s Ergani database for February showed that there were 24,867 more hirings than firings. Compared to the same month last year, there were 2,973 fewer people hired than fired. Total... showed 7,549 more hirings than departures. Ergani noted that this represented the second highest
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsare in critical condition. These numbers, which are better than those for most western European countries..., this is likely to lead to authorities allowing people to leave their homes for a wider range of reasons than... focussing on the economic consequences of the Covid-19 crisis, rather than on public health matters
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