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  1. Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The latest budget performance figures offered a pleasant surprise for the government, which has immediately got to the task of balancing public expectations for more assistance with the need to reassure the markets of its commitment to fiscal discipline...

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  2. PM adds minimum wage hike to pre-election promises, with hints of more to come

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The turn of the year gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an opportunity to reinforce the message that the government will continue to provide relief for hard-pressed households, as elections loom ever closer on the horizon. In what has become a patt...

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  3. Mitsotakis hints at post-election policy tweaks to address economic concerns
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    With the cost of living and the economy dominating much of the public debate in the run-up to next week’s EP elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has started to sketch out several specific interventions that the government is mulling for after ...

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  4. Budget exudes fiscal stability, but hints at political complications

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Last week’s five-day debate on the 2025 budget concluded on Sunday without any complications for the government, and the economic plan is certainly in line with the Greek authorities’ narrative that stabilising the economy is one of the current administ...

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  5. Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Former PM Alexis Tsipras took a significant step towards forming a new political party with a public speech on Monday, in which he hinted at a June launch. Tsipras addressed an audience at a gathering organised by a northern Athens citizens' initiative ...

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  6. Greek primary cash surplus at 1.07 billion at end-May on lower expenditure
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    drop by 6.5 percent. In particular for May, revenues fell significantly by 23.7 percent broadly... in revenues in May is also due to the delay in the collection of the corporate income tax as well

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  7. Unemployment edges down to 24.5 pct in Oct, lowest since May 2012
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    figure displayed on Thursday. The October headline figure represents the lowest reading since May... in the country at 14.7 percent. The challenges in the domestic labour market may continue in 2016

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  8. Greece looks for support as expectations for May 9 Eurogroup lowered

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    low for any agreement on the bailout review by the extra Eurogroup on May 9. A Reuters report... agreement by May 9, including on the 2 percent of GDP in contingent measures, is possible. The nature

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  9. Travel receipts drop at an accelerating pace of 10.4 pct in May despite growth in arrivals
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece's travel receipts headed south for the second straight month dropping at an accelerating pace of 10.4 percent in May from 7 percent in April, Greece (BoG) figures showed on Friday. The absolute figure landed at 1.1 billion in May, while the corresponding payments fell by 5.5 percent to 179.6

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  10. Decline in retail sales accelerates to 8 pct in May
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s retail sales index accelerated its decline in May, falling by 8 percent year on year from a revised 4.4 percent drop in April, according to data released by ELSTAT on Friday. The volume... in the previous month. Both seasonally adjusted indices, for turnover and volumes, fell month on month in May

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