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PMI drops to lowest in more than a year at 53.8 pts, but manufacturing remains on solid ground
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Manufacturing PMI dropped by one point in May to 53.8 points, according to S&P Global data released on Wednesday. May PMI is the lowest in more than one year, but still indicates solid operating conditions in the Greek manufacturing sector. The overall expansion is the slowest since March
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Travel balance surplus more than doubles YoY in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's travel balance recorded a modest surplus of 112.6 million euros in January, compared to 114.9 million euros in December, according to data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Tuesday. January's balance was over 106 percent higher than the 54.6 million euros recorded in January 2023
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Hiring balance improves by more than 18,000 jobs up to Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance was negative in August with 2,542 more departures than hires, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. The hiring balance in August last year had 5,081 more departures. This led to a year-on-year drop of 2,539 fewer departures. Total
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After Brexit vote, Tsipras stresses need for political response to EU shortcomings
PoliticsForeign Policy“progressives” hints at the recent efforts made by Tsipras to build bridges with Europe’s social... problems for the Union to tackle: · Austerity policies that are widening the gap between the north
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OPEKEPE, Predator and Ankara tension set tone for post-Easter politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsof an organisation treated as a political patronage mechanism in rural constituencies. The political management... the reporting, with Deputy Rural Development Minister Makarios Lazaridis publicly disputing aspects..., more problems and war,” accusing Athens of pursuing “extremely dangerous policies” and questioning
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Societyfire prevention and suppression of all types of fire, urban and rural) grew steadily from 2001 onwards... volunteers. By this count, Greece employs more professional firefighters than most developed western states. With 115 career firefighters per 100,000 inhabitants, it ranks higher than the United States
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Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
PoliticsForeign Policyas Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya... the Turkish-Libyan memorandum. Belgacem Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar and director of Libya’s
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OECD report highlights stark contrasts in health system
Societypercent of city dwellers and 43 pct of rural residents live more than 45 minutes from a hospital... strong health outcomes despite spending less than many of its peers. But beneath the surface, troubling... people. That’s higher than the OECD average and signals growing concern over preventable and treatable
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgramme, though, that Athens may run into problems in its efforts to secure approval from the national
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Greeks show highest mistrust in newspapers, TV and online news across EU
Societyin particular had levels of trust in radio news that were lower than the EU average, and the highest..., at 44 percent for Greece and 47 percent for the EU. Conversely, Greeks had a higher than average... that they could identify fake news. Regarding whether respondents perceive fake news to be a problem
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