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Tsipras talks up 'positive' measures but polls show little impact so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsEmboldened by the success of rescuing pensions from further cuts next year and delivering a budget... to be implemented next year. The SYRIZA leader went on to stress that instead of seeing their pensions being reduced next year, around 500,000 pensioners would see their retirement pay increase by some 20 euros
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agorafor the Private Sector Involvement (PSI) bond swap that was completed in March of the following year. Apart from... restructuring took place less than a year later and there continues to be a debate about whether... in 2011 and to then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi the same year, insists that eurozone
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Scandal allegations playing growing role in path towards elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAs Greece moves towards the general elections that will take place next year the claims and counter... that took place earlier this year when Parliament debated allegations that pharmaceutical giant Novartis..., but this was eventually raised to 1.38 billion euros this year. The government has attributed the difference
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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe wounds created by the crisis. The cancellation of next year’s pension cuts was due... start to increase from next year as a result of the readjustments introduced by the reform... year’s elections, which include local and European Parliament votes as well as the national ballot
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CPI up by 1 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomy, 2017 was the first year that overall prices rose in Greece. The positive streak was interrupted... rises in the year so far. The average CPI for the latest 12-months since December 2017 came to 0.6... index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 1.1 percent year-on-year in November. Month-on-month, the HICP
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Q3 wages index up by 2.8 pct QoQ and by 4.6 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyThe seasonally adjusted (SA) Wages Index rose by 4.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the third quarter (Q3) of the year, gaining on a rise of 2.6 percent noted in Q2, Hellenic Statistical Authority... increase is the highest this year after Q1, when the increase came to 4.9 percent. On a quarterly basis
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politics, the report on New Year’s Eve claims that there is now no doubt that four of To Potami’s six MPs in total... and European Parliament votes in May. In comments to journalists on New Year's Eve, Tsipras insisted that he... government and make it clear to voters that the four-year cooperation with nationalist ANEL has come
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Athens eyes implementation of name deal as Skopje homes in on NATO membership
PoliticsForeign Policyto veto Skopje's accession to the EU if he is elected prime minister later this year. Sources claim... this year but this does not appear technically feasible. The second aim is related to the work... of the new school year in North Macedonia. Firstly, school atlases and maps of the so called "Great
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Tsipras goes big on minimum wage, hoping to enhance election hopes
PoliticsGreek Politics, a five-year note that will raise around 2 billion euros at a targeted yield of around 3.5 percent... cabinet meeting, Tsipras again indicated his intention for the government to see out its four-year term... of the handouts that were made towards the end of last year means that the idea of allowing more time
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CPI rises by 0.4 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomyfrom two negative readings noted in January and March of the year. The average CPI for the latest 12..., respectively. The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) rose by 0.5 percent year-on-year in January... increase of 0.8 percent, with the final HICP for the year settling exactly on target.
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