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  1. OECD Better Life report finds Greece still lagging in life satisfaction
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    Society

    percent of poor households in Greece spent more than 40 percent of their income on housing... in Greece fare notably better than young people for employment, earnings and voter turnout among others

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  2. Building permits increase by 50.3 pct in December and 12.6 pct in 2019
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The total for 2019 is roughly 82 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also concerns refurbishments rather than new building projects. The vast majority of building

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  3. Government readies up to 2 bln in assistance for shuttered firms and employees
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    Economy

    that growth, which the government expected to reach 2.8 pct this year (higher than the European Commission’s forecast of 2.3 pct), could be up to 0.9 percentage points lower than anticipated. In its

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  4. More restrictions on way as Athens revels in ECB decision
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    -off, emergency scheme rather than a regular ECB QE programme. Also, the fact that New Democracy has a cash buffer of more than 30 billion euros at its disposal, which it inherited from the previous

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  5. Public support for ND's handling of crisis still strong, SYRIZA looks for weak points
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    than 50 percent of the supporters of all opposition parties, apart from the Communist Party (KKE... employees’ wages and social security contributions, rather than to offer a 800-euro benefit to any

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  6. EU's temporary framework for state aid in response to Covid-19 outbreak

    Legal

    to deal with its repercussions could be nothing less than a coordinated framework of actions... and other measures). The R&R track is, of course, more painful and time-consuming than the “quick-fix

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  7. Greece takes stock of measures to mitigate Covid-19 impact after Eurogroup reaches deal on latest batch

    Economy

    of the purchases could see the eurozone central bank purchase more than 10 billion euros in GGBs until... benchmark went from less than 1 pct to 4 pct in mid-March. The government and the Public Debt

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  8. Building permits increase by 55.7 pct in January
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and the construction downturn began. The total for 2019 is roughly 82 percent lower than the 2005 peak. Much of the current building activity also concerns refurbishments rather than new building projects

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  9. Govt examines how to ease out of lockdown as PM rules out snap elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the measures would be relaxed as of May 4, rather than May 11 as had originally been suggested. Several... in the government’s approach. Over the last few days, opposition MPs have submitted more than 100 questions

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  10. Govt trails transition out of lockdown as training vouchers stir controversy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    less extensive than in most developed countries, as capturing “the tip of the iceberg” of the infection... of short-changing professionals with vouchers rather than including them in the 800-euro emergency income

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