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Q1 unemployment at 17.1 pct amid drop in employed, rise in inactives
EconomyMacroeconomy, those who are furloughed are still considered to be employed if the suspension period is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent of their remuneration. A total of 745,400 people... for more than four years. Most of the employed are working as employees (67.1 percent), while
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
than a third, according to some polls) is sceptical or completely opposed to the vaccines..., and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000. The protesters, many carrying Greek flags, while... is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece, including at the recent anti-labour law rallies
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Govt prepares ground for unvaccinated to face penalties
PoliticsGreek Politicsahead. However, given that the number of new Covid cases shot up to more than 3,500 on Tuesday... said that more than 500,000 people in this age group have booked vaccine appointments so far. Tsipras... of vaccines by seeking to punish the unvaccinated rather than convince them to get the jab.
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than 46 pct of the general population, while more than 10 million jabs had been administered... is much lower than among doctors and nurses – out of roughly 155,000 educators, 46,500 have reportedly
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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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