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Tussle over labour reforms shaping up as spark for broader political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsto extend their studies rather than enter the labour market. Patelis later apologised for his comment... questioned about the employment situation. In each case, these numbers were much higher than the EU... and that New Democracy’s popularity might be lower than the domestic opinion polls suggest
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PM warns Covid threat remains as 'wall of immunity' still being built
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat more than 50% of residents have been vaccinated so far. Similarly, the vaccination rate on many... a potentially more aggressive variant of Covid, such as the Indian mutation, rather than the 75% that would... vaccinating more than 100,000 people a day. He warned that the government would clamp down if it feels
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Employment balance positive by 33,210 in April; catering starts hiring ahead of reopening
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive with 33,210 more hirings than people leaving their jobs... there were 59 more departures than hirings. The highest positive balance was seen in those aged 15-24, where there were 11,062 more people hired than departed. Broken down by employment activity in each
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Newsletter 300 - 11/06/2021
orderbook of any syndicated transaction of Greece. More than 300 investor accounts participated... in May, more than the decrease of 1.6 percent in April. The goods’ index increased by 1.3 percent..., higher than the figure for the same period last year by 5.2 percent. New unpaid obligations from tax
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Q1 unemployment at 17.1 pct amid drop in employed, rise in inactives
EconomyMacroeconomy, those who are furloughed are still considered to be employed if the suspension period is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent of their remuneration. A total of 745,400 people... for more than four years. Most of the employed are working as employees (67.1 percent), while
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Govt prepares ground for unvaccinated to face penalties
PoliticsGreek Politicsahead. However, given that the number of new Covid cases shot up to more than 3,500 on Tuesday... said that more than 500,000 people in this age group have booked vaccine appointments so far. Tsipras... of vaccines by seeking to punish the unvaccinated rather than convince them to get the jab.
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PM cautious about extending compulsory vaccinations
PoliticsGreek Politicsmore than 46 pct of the general population, while more than 10 million jabs had been administered... is much lower than among doctors and nurses – out of roughly 155,000 educators, 46,500 have reportedly
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Employment balance positive by 24,395 in July on tourism hires
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive with 24,395 more hirings than people leaving their jobs in July..., where there were 32,271 more people hired than departed. For those aged 30-44, there were 8,976 more departures than hirings. Broken down by employment activity in each sector, the highest positive
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Budget primary shows deficit of 9.08 bln in July, beating revised target despite revenue shortfall
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros which was 738 million euros lower than its monthly target. State budget total revenues stood at 29.4 billion euros for the first seven months, lower than the target by 666 million euros... execution bulletin due on August 25. Tax refunds came to 2.49 billion euros, lower than the target by 15
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ND anxious about impact Afghanistan tumble will have on migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsto move on as many people as it can. The conservatives feel that this line, which is tougher than... the civil war in Syria, when more than 1 million asylum seekers reached the Greek islands... a much more liberal position on the migration issue than New Democracy, even though opinion polls
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