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Pandemic takes heavy toll on Greek workers, study finds
EconomyFeatures, receiving less than 50 percent of their salary and exposing them to a particularly high risk... an increase in the number of persons receiving less than 200 euros per month. In Q2 2019, only 1
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Growing concerns over second lockdown in food service sector, a key employer
EconomyFeatureslooking more disruptive than the first, the more adverse scenario of a GDP contraction of up to 10... with more than 100,000 dependent members. The latest employment figures from Ergani as of September showed
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Concern over ICU capacity, support for business generate pressure for ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto lockdown, this would have a direct impact on businesses responsible for more than half of Greece’s national... more than 160,000 applications have been submitted, will begin to flow. In December, 750 million euros
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Building permits drops by 3.3 pct in Aug, up by 13.7 pct in 8-month period
EconomyMacroeconomycome close to this high. 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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Surge in Covid-19 deaths as work on adjusted 2021 budget nears completion
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore than 100 Greeks who contracted Covid-19 died over Saturday and Sunday, making it the worst weekend since the pandemic began. As authorities struggle to cope with the public health challenged... March and September 1, Covid-19 claimed 207 lives in Greece. According to reports, more than 3,300
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Piraeus Bank posts pre-tax losses of 133 mln in 9M
EconomyBankingbalances. Additionally, more than 1.5 billion SME loans have received an interest rate subsidy...’s NPE derisking plan. “We remain more committed than ever to our aspiration for becoming a more lean
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Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 9.07 bln in October
EconomyMacroeconomy, as mentioned, 53 million euros or 0.1 percent higher than the target of 38.56 billion euros. State... to the pandemic which came to 1 billion euros. State budget expenditures for the aggregate period were higher than
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Updated IMF DSA sees Greek debt as sustainable in medium-term, risks over long-term
EconomyMacroeconomybefore resuming the declining path towards 153 pct of GDP in 2029, 8 percentage points higher than...) remain below 15 pct of GDP over the ten-year projection period, averaging 10 pct annually, higher than
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SYRIZA seeks to exploit ND's faltering handling of coronavirus crisis
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCovid-19 tests than they would have wanted. Zakynthinos went on to argue that a second lockdown... should “celebrate” the fact their country has a lower Covid-19 death rate than other European countries
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GDP grows by 2.3 pct QoQ in Q3 and drops by 11.7 pct YoY as services exports crash
EconomyMacroeconomy. This is due to the second wave of the virus manifesting with a much harsher profile than the first, along with a poor tourism season in Q3 which generated much lower revenues than the government had
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