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Govt and opposition stake out positions on pandemic impact measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsemployers preferred to let workers go rather than apply for the government’s SURE-backed employment... labour rather than suspending it”. With the exception like key departures such as the emergency minimum
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Athens welcomes volume, form of Commission's pandemic recovery plan
Economythose linked to the green and digital transition, and key value chains in the internal market. More than... to 32 billion euros, according to media reports, more than 22 billion will be grants and around 9.5
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Return to school marked by protests over education bill
PoliticsGreek Politics, the numbers of returning pupils were higher than expected, according to a spokesman from the teachers.... By the government’s own figures, fewer than half of state school pupils participated in online
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Lockdown reduced spread of Covid-19 by 80 pct, research indicates
Societythan the baseline by only 5 percent. Visits to workplaces were 19 percent lower than the baseline
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Greece issues new 10 yr bond as investor appetite returns
Economyand similar levels to the one achieved in January. The issue attracted more than 215 accounts led... than 85 pct of the allocation, with fund managers taking up 59 pct, followed by banks at 21 pct
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OECD sees economy shrinking by 8 to 9.8 pct, depending on whether virus returns
EconomyMacroeconomyare expected to be less severe than the crisis period of 2009-2016. Specifically, the organisation noted... scenarios, unemployment is forecast as increasing further in 2021 rather than reducing, and reaching
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Building permits increase by 10.2 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomythe coronavirus take hold. Total permits for 2019 came to roughly 82 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also concerns refurbishments rather than new building projects
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EU report sees Greek population shrinking, ageing over next decades
Societyof demographic change in Europe is that Europeans are living longer than ever before and are spending more years.... At the same time, Europeans are having fewer children than before. A fertility rate of 2.1 children per
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Unemployment drops to 16.2 pct in Q1, excluding furloughed workers
EconomyMacroeconomyto be employed if the furlough period is less than three months or if they receive more than 50
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ND feeling fiscal pressure as row over media handouts rumbles on
PoliticsGreek Politicsthese interventions. It will have to agree a primary surplus target of less than 2 pct of GDP next year... Macedonia was publicised, it was done transparently and via public services rather than a private
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