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Tsipras invites Middle East investment at second EU-Arab summit
PoliticsForeign Policykeynote speech at the opening of the second EU-Arab World Summit, held in Athens from November 9-10..., delivered an overview of the Greek economy in his speech at the start of the second day. Listing several... mentioned by several speakers. “This second summit under the initiative of the Greek government
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Unemployment at 19.1 pct in June, under 20 pct for second month
EconomyMacroeconomyon Thursday. The unemployment rate in June last year was 21.3 percent. The latest figure marks the second... of 2.2 percent. Total employment reached 3.86 million people, marking the second time that the figure... the second time since the peak of 2013 where youth unemployment has stayed under 40 percent. Regionally
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Lenders deem second post-MoU review over, Athens waits for debt relief
EconomyProgrammeThe European Commission issued on Wednesday the update to its second post-programme surveillance... of the second post-programme review by the end of February but many were incomplete by the time..., the Greek authorities have committed to unifying in the second half of this year all laws related
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Unemployment falls to 17.2 pct, stays below 18 pct for second month
EconomyMacroeconomyis the second consecutive month that unemployment has remained under 18 percent. The last time the rate fell... in July 2019. The data showed that July’s negative balance was the second highest negative balance... of the year in 2019 was the second highest on record since 2001. The respective balance for the same period
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Second day of review yields progress, work needed on fiscal front
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek authorities and the heads of the institutions completed the second day of talks in Athens.... The second scenario includes the full implementation of the tax cuts announced by Prime Minister... the reduction in the corporate tax rate could be less costly than initially thought thanks to second round
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Greeks less optimistic in face of second Covid-19 wave, survey finds
Societythat their lives would be back to normal by September 2020. The second survey, examining how Greeks are living during the second coronavirus wave, shows a more sober outlook, with increased levels of sticking... in the grip of a second, harsher wave. As of October 11, a total of 22,358 cases have been traced around
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PM to announce new measures as second Covid wave gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsin northern Greece, and particularly the country’s second largest city Thessaloniki... into force a local lockdown, the second city to do so in the past week after Kozani. An emergency meeting... are confronting a second ware of the pandemic, but we continue to do better than most of Europe, however
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Political friction surfaces in first days of second national lockdown
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing the imposition of the second national lockdown, opposition parties have gone on the offensive over what they describe as the government’s failure to act promptly to contain the second wave... system for the winter. In an interview with Star TV on Monday, Tsipras said that a second hard lock
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Early goals set as new cabinet gets to grips with tasks for ND's second term
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the reduction of red tape. The second bill will concern the economy. It will pave the way... monthly wage in Greece rise to 1,500 euros by the end of his second term. However, Mitsotakis... became a hot topic of conversation during the second election campaign. Bank of Greece governor Yannis
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Industrial turnover and new orders indices rebound for second straight month
EconomyMacroeconomy). It is the second straight month both indices have rebounded concurrently, following a 3.7 percent and 1.6... are still in deep red (down 16.5 percent). Both indices point to an improved performance for the second
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