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Nov trade deficit at 3.75 bln, as 11-month deficit rises by 58.6 pct to 35.15 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyproducts and ships, the aggregate deficit was up by 35.2 percent, at 23.65 billion euros. Up to November, imports from EU countries were up by 19 percent to 36.2 billion euros, while imports from non-EU markets were up by 74.4 percent at 49.07 billion euros. Exports to EU countries increased 40.4
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ND's lead narrows but PM's election hopes still alive
PoliticsGreek Politicsedged back up after dipping towards the end of 2022. According to the opinion poll, 31 pct of respondents say they intend to back the conservatives, up from 30.3 pct in the previous sounding. Support for SYRIZA has risen by even more, moving up to 24.1 pct from 23. As a result, the gap between the two
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Our tragedy: How could this happen?
Agoraelections are coming up in the next few weeks means it is politically expedient to provide a simple... taken up the position recently after a few weeks’ training, perhaps an indication of the impact... membership of the European Union and single currency. Instead, they grew up in a country
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PM forced to adjust line over deadly train crash amid public anger
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat they were not consulted about the make-up of the committee. But they also argued... railways, which it has not been able to fully make up for in the almost four years it has been... be hard for New Democracy to be able to convincingly back up such an argument given that when
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Car sales jump by 28.4 pct in Mar, rise by 21.5 pct in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomy. The remainder was made up of lorries (2,723) up by 12.8 percent and buses (71) down 34.9 percent. Motorcycle... sales down by 1.8 percent. In the first three months of 2023, road motor cars are up by 21.5 percent annually. Passenger cars are up by 23.6 percent, lorries increased by 9 percent and buses up by 14.7
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Tsipras appeals to PASOK over coalition, but ND appears to be in driving seat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is stepping up his appeals to PASOK over a potential governing... elections, where the winning party would gain a bonus of up to 50 seats. Opinion poll However, opinion polls..., support for New Democracy has risen by 1.5 points since April, reaching 29.3. SYRIZA is on 23, up 0.8
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Restrictive leaders' debate produces little to move election needle
PoliticsGreek Politicswas “a danger to New Democracy, rather than democracy” and called for those involved in setting up... as the leaders’ focus appeared to be mostly on not making any slip-ups or opening themselves up... before the debate, support for ND is at 32.4, up by 0.3 points on the previous poll. SYRIZA has edged
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Newsletter 388 - 07/07/2023
health provision. In the run-up to the June elections, the state of the national health system made... Democracy said they planned to draft in support from the army and the fire service to speed up emergency... to a more moderate growth of 2 pct. The 2 pct rise in handout spending will push up GDP growth
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Hiring balance for 7M reaches record despite first negative July reading since 2019
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the total, with the remaining classed as layoffs and termination of contracts. Layoffs are up by 21,483 year-on-year, while voluntary exits were up by 886. Hires were up by 11,076 jobs compared to July last year, while departures are also up by 22,369. The proportion of hirings for full-time work came
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PM gathers funds to deal with aftermath of floods as political problem grows more acute
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDespite announcing on Tuesday that up to 2.25 billion euros of EU funds would be made available... request up to 400 million euros from the Solidarity Fund, which would be made available to Athens.... There is speculation that Mitsotakis will follow this up with a cabinet reshuffle. There is a lot
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