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Retail sector struggles through pandemic
EconomyFeaturesAlthough it has been several months since the lockdown in Greece ended, the retail sector continues..., but this has not materialised this year. Around 68 percent of surveyed businesses said that they had... of retailers said that they had been affected by the coronavirus, but agreed that the cost of safety measures
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Govt toughens stance on campus security after university raid
PoliticsGreek Politicsanti-establishment protesters has caused outrage in the academic community and resulted in calls... Golden Dawn party. “After the punishment of Golden Dawn, the time has come to face up to the other... a three-prong strategy for dealing with violence in universities. The measures announced include
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ND under fire over fast-track legislation, pandemic contracts as SYRIZA sleaze claims surface
PoliticsGreek Politics, and the government’s apparent reluctance to publish it, has become a focus of political controversy in recent days... in the work of the financial regulator. Folli Follie has been under investigation since evidence of fraud... containing pandemic measures alongside several urgent amendments turned into another rancorous
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Government on mission to manage expectations in anticipation of tough winter
PoliticsGreek Politicsa part in dampening the earlier optimism, as Greece succeeded in gaining a partial exemption but has... crisis are being addressed. The PM has also let it be known that he intends to be out and about mixing... authorities would be asked to take a set of measures to immediately reduce energy use, including
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Finance Ministry costs new support package, but questions remain over electricity subsidies
Economypresented by the PM has an allocation of 3.65 billion euros of permanent measures and 1.85 billion euros... for electricity bill subsidies, although it has several sizable interventions like the “inflation cheque... billion euros of fiscal measures for 2022. The minister said that the actual fiscal interventions
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Parties get salty over cheese prices as cost of living debate heats up
PoliticsGreek Politicshas proposed a package of measures it argues would help bring down prices. They include capping...The clash between the government and the opposition over the cost of living has reached new... as part of a package of measures aimed at easing prices for consumers. During the debate
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New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
EconomyMacroeconomyunderpaid or inactive and without income as a result of the severe recession that has devastated.... According to standard definitions and measures of unemployment, a population is classified in three... labour force because by the standard definition they are defined as inactive and are not measured
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Eurogroup agrees on significant debt relief measures for Greece
EconomyProgrammeto be repaid in full by 2024. Greece has repayments totalling 4 billion euros to make to the Fund
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Key players in new Greek gov't strike moderate tone but bailout strategy won't change
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe new government has had a turbulent first few days as European leaders, international media... sector. “Greece has a lot of attractive opportunities,” he said. Dragasakis also struck... of liberalisation measures and showing no intention of asking for an extension to the troika bailout
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Greece prepares reforms list, eyes solution to liquidity shortage
EconomyProgrammeand improvements in the collection mechanism. One of the issues the government has committed so far... and basic goods and services. Currently, Greece has two main VAT rates, at 13 and 23 percent, a reduced... would commit to implement. Raising revenues According to Kathimerini newspaper, measures aiming
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