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Government tries to limit damage from corruption claims but more tests lie ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat it favoured at least one of the businessmen involved in the process. State Minister Nikos... ties to construction firm owner Christos Kalogritsas and his son Yiannis, who was one of the four... this contradiction will be one of the prime minister’s tasks when he returns home, although trying
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Government caught between milestones and corruption claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsthey are relatively minor short-term steps) represent one of the few positives that the government... SYRIZA sliding out of the frontline of Greek politics. Corruption claims The one new risk for Tsipras... was one of the successful bidders, are also making the coalition’s position increasingly difficult
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Greek households continue to slash spending on goods and services
Society), miscellaneous goods and services (9.0 percent), health (7.5 percent – one of the highest rates in Europe...’ spending on education (3.3 percent) is one of the highest in Europe; at the other end of the scale... percent, respectively). Size The survey also revealed that households with one person over 65 spend
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, with another 11 leaving office. The cabinet is also slightly larger than the last one, which had... Skourletis at the Energy Ministry. Stathakis was replaced by Dimitris Papadimitriou, one of the most... as government spokesman. There was only one change at the Finance Ministry, where Euclid Tsakalotos remains
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Cabinet reshuffle leaves some bitterness within SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsin religion classes, which had been one of the points of dispute between Fylis and Ieronymos. At SYRIZA’s... minister and one of the few women in the cabinet has stoked a lot of interest from the media. However, Achtsioglou is also in the spotlight because labour reforms are expected to be one of the most
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Car sales jump by 20 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomyand the highest positive one since July. It also reflects a low base effect, since car sales dropped by 13.8 percent in October 2015, which was one of the four negative readings in the last 22 months. In absolute... is one of those that has been hit most in Greece in recent years, even before the start
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
to maintain their families at a good standard of living,” wrote Howard Marks of Oaktree. “One earner per household was enough, and one job per earner. Strong labour unions ensured adequate pay... patronising relationship.” This economic disconnect has brought several other factors into play. One
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Obama ends with big picture amid dwindling hope
Agorabeing an EU member state, it is also part of NATO (and one of the few alliance members that meets its..., good for the world.” That Obama followed this comment by noting that Greece is “one of the five NATO... in dealing with this disconnect. He said the one lesson “that cuts across countries is we have to deal
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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet
Societyworkers said they had taken between one and 15 days’ sick leave, followed by Danish (55 percent... said this was the case, compared to just one in five at the EU level. Greeks were also most likely... percent) in the workplace more than a quarter of the time. Almost one in three Greeks and Cypriots
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Athens sees flexibility on fiscal targets, singles out IMF over role
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDimitris Tzanakopoulos on Tuesday was not so triumphant. One of the key takeaways from what... on labour market changes, which are one of the main obstacles to the conclusion of the existing review... than the one it would have wanted, New Democracy wasted no time in accusing Tsipras of being poised
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