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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyand problem solving is considerably smaller than the OECD average, an adult skills audit... are closer to the OECD average for that age group (4.4 and 4.8 percent, respectively) than 16-24 year... and their OECD peers is greater than that of older Greeks with the average in that age group. Around 4.6
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Greek household expenditure falls by another 2.5 pct in 2016
Societywith one person aged 65 and over, expenditure was 54.5 percent lower than the average monthly... per month than the average for the country, while for households with three children or more up to 16 years, the increase against the average monthly expenditure was 49.7 percent. Households in rural
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New waste strategy dials down recycling targets, promises to address landfill problems
PoliticsGreek Politicswas given to waste management on the islands, where the problem of illegal landfills has been.... Greece also has a poor record in conventional waste management. With more than 80 percent of waste
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During crisis, proportion of Greeks in extreme poverty has risen almost seven times to 15 pct
Societyowned dwelling in a suburban or rural area to 905 euros per month for a couple with two children living in Athens and paying rent or a mortgage. While no more than 2.2 percent of the population lived... faced lower extreme poverty rates than those with children, with the exception of those with three
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon the Turkey–Libya maritime border deal. A common statement adopted by the EU leaders during... on Thursday decided to appoint a special envoy to Libya. This will be Ambassador Christodoulos Lazaris. His mission will be to maintain contact with all sides in Libya in order to closely monitor developments
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued... in Libya presents a dangerous threat to wider regional stability.” The statement also noted
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Quiet summer in Greek-Turkish relations not seen lasting
PoliticsForeign Policy, in the upcoming EU Summit. Libya Libya is another issue that is of major concern to Greek diplomats. Libya’s Prime.... Even though the meeting focused more on Turkey’s economic “return” to Libya for the country’s... from the international community. The political situation in Libya will remain fluid and it is quite
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
a whole new type of problem. There were more than 850,000 arrivals in 2015, only 414 of whom have been... compared to the fiscal target for a deficit of 0.25 percent. Although this is more of a preliminary than... to more than 1.1 billion euros in absolute terms, could provide a cushion in the upcoming
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agorais happening at an uninterrupted pace for more than two years now. Put otherwise, since the beginning of 2011... the past three years. According to the Central Bank of Greece unit labor costs have declined by more than... facilities. The central problem of the real economy in Greece is today not anymore the high [unit] labor
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New Democracy counts down to Sunday's leadership vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsof areas. According to the Pulse poll, 38 percent of voters think Mitsotakis would be better than... their faith in Meimarakis. Meimarakis, however, does better than his opponent when voters are asked... levels of the party may prove more potent on Sunday than Mitsotakis’s active campaign, which included
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