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Employment balance positive by 24,395 in July on tourism hires
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive with 24,395 more hirings than people leaving their jobs in July..., where there were 32,271 more people hired than departed. For those aged 30-44, there were 8,976 more departures than hirings. Broken down by employment activity in each sector, the highest positive
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.08 bln in July, beating revised target despite revenue shortfall
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros which was 738 million euros lower than its monthly target. State budget total revenues stood at 29.4 billion euros for the first seven months, lower than the target by 666 million euros... execution bulletin due on August 25. Tax refunds came to 2.49 billion euros, lower than the target by 15
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Budget primary confirms deficit of 9.06 bln in July, beating target
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros which was 723 million euros lower than its monthly target. State budget total revenues stood at 29.5 billion euros for the first seven months, lower than the target by 651 million euros, or 2.2 percent. Tax refunds came to 2.49 billion euros, lower than the target by 15 million euros. Broken
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PM announces extensive measures to build on recovery, counter inflation and put govt on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat following the latest GDP data, the government now expects the economy to grow by 5.9 pct rather than... generous than reports over the last few weeks had suggested. It also included several measures that had... a parliamentary majority to any party gaining more than 39 pct of the vote through the awarding of bonus
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Spurred by rising employment, Q2 unemployment drops to 10-year low of 15.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyto be employed if the suspension period is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent.... Alarmingly, the largest portion, 181,700, has not worked for more than four years. Most of the employed
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Stalled vaccination campaign emerges as biggest headache amid fourth wave warnings
PoliticsGreek Politicsthree weeks of September daily vaccination appointments averaged around 30,000 – less than a third... 80 pct of those aged 60-80, well below the European average. Meanwhile, fewer than one in 10... that localised efforts have yielded better results than the centralised approach applied to date. Bogdanos
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The final stretch: Can fearmongering swing the German electorate?
Agora. We have been there before. Such a strategy was successfully applied by the CDU more than a decade... as the greater danger than existing climate change challenges and the economic consequences... and it is now also mathematically nearly impossible as no single party is expected to gain more than 25 percent
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Rival economic plans leave voters unimpressed amid uncertainty over new Covid surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe centrist voters who were targeted by both leaders in their speeches than Tsipras, with the leaders... vaccination. The poll found that more than half the 11 pct of respondents who claimed... to the highest priority groups, vaccination centres are still administering fewer than a third the number
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August sees first negative hirings balance of year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance in August turned negative as there were 9,875 more departures than... the first month of 2021 with more departures than hirings. Total hirings in August came to 183,068 versus..., all other groups were negative with the largest at the 15-24 group with 7,608 more firings than
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The case of SYRIZA's fiscal performance
Agora) program with the institutions that were stricter than the ones just rejected in the referendum... families.[2] Direct income taxes under SYRIZA were lower than under Samaras, and Greece received fewer... for the change since SYRIZA 2). Expenditures have increased even more than revenue, which in part
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