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Unemployment rate drops below 10 pct in Oct for first time since Sep 2009
EconomyMacroeconomyand now stands at 3.08 million. The unemployment rate among women fell by more than 4 percentage points... more departures than hires. During the first eight months of the year, the hiring balance reached
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SYRIZA tempers targets as Kasselakis struggles to keep party afloat
PoliticsGreek Politics. Kasselakis is also less popular than the leader of KKE, Dimitris Koutsoubas, and Sailing for Freedom’s... leadership has turned into a fight for survival rather than a drive to transform the party’s fortunes.
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What is driving the Greek housing market's recovery?
EconomyFeaturesmarket in 2008. During the crisis which ensued, homes lost more than 40 percent of their value over... of property transactions, which have seen an increase of more than 140 percent from the low point marked
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Unpopular tax bill set to become law despite objections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives for going after individual taxpayers and small earners rather than corporations and wealth... to blunt tools rather than using the technology available to pinpoint evasion. The legislation has
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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policymeeting with Mitsotakis that “the rights of the Turkish minority are more important than anything.... Erdogan’s latest visit to Athens had a different tone and rhetoric than his last one in 2017, when he
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Unemployment drops marginally to 10.8 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomy. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 310,300 people, representing 60.3 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 131,800, has not worked for more than
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Solid revenues, contained spending lead to primary balance beating target by 2 bln in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomyin November 2022. The overall balance is better than the target by 2 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues... bulletin due later in the month. Tax refunds came to 6.27 billion euros, 133 million more than the target
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BoG revises 2024 growth down to 2.5 pct, advocates wide range of policies and reforms
EconomyMacroeconomyrates being kept high for longer than initially thought. The ECB is not expected to consider lower.... Positive surprises for growth could come from a stronger-than-expected impact from securing
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In 2024, Greece and Turkey look to build on diplomatic progress made in previous months
PoliticsForeign Policy, the earthquakes served more like an accelerant rather than a catalyst in the process of de-escalation... been better to deal with someone whose views were widely known rather than a new political figure
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Mitsotakis targets reforms, but day-to-day challenges set to dominate agenda in 2024
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the European Parliament elections, due to be held in Greece on June 9, than the reforms being enacted... opinion polls have suggested that his party’s ratings are slipping, rather than rising. Opinion
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