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Unemployment rate edged up again in Jan, reaching 18.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyavailable data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani database for February showed 27,840 more hirings than... than departures. The activity between January and February this year was driven by hirings
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Building permits drop by 10.2 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomythe total for 2017 by 1,478 permits. However, the total for the year is roughly 84 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than
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Extending Brexit: Reaching the Larry David moment of the saga
AgoraMay used to declare that “no deal is better than a bad deal.” Her constant application for delays..., if not exhausted, by it. The breathing space that the extension creates is more than welcome for all
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In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
PoliticsGreek Politicsto consider scrapping the tax measure than there was regarding the pension cuts. It should also... less of a foregone conclusion than many observers currently expect. One could argue that Tsipras
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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicssaid that the programme for unpaid contributions would be available to more than 1 million debtors... Democracy in the European Parliament vote might make the general election more of a contest than
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Divorces in Greece increase by 74.2 pct in 2017
Society, the number for 2017 stands around 27 percent higher than the average divorce number noted across three..., which puts the figure for 2017 at 34 percent higher than the average for the last decade. Regarding
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Tsipras on the spot again following minister's latest outburst
PoliticsGreek Politics, rather than just the behaviour of a single minister. Nevertheless, not for the first time, Polakis...-proposing a vote of confidence in the government rather than Polakis, the prime minister is trying
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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgrammeby the end of last year can be included. Anyone earning less than 10,000 euros a year will automatically... is for the schemes to be launched on May 14, less than two weeks before the crucial European Parliament
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Survey highlights Greeks' conflicted relationship with EU
Societyresponding that they had a positive view of both, which was higher than the EU average level of support.... In the same survey, slightly more than half (52 percent) of all Greeks felt that they were citizens
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Tsipras set to unveil tax cuts as MPs prepare for confidence vote
PoliticsGreek Politicselections in less than three weeks are unlikely to succeed. The message sent by Tsipras through his... in Xanthi on Monday, Tsipras said that all the measures would be permanent in nature, rather than one
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