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Tsipras invokes Andreas Papandreou as centre-left challenge simmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives gain an outright majority at the next elections. It has been noticeable over the previous months that as PASOK has sought to redefine itself, even though some believe that it is searching...”, sought to address some of the criticism that has been directed at Papandreou, who is seen by some
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Government gears up for third review while lenders await pending actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe law protecting primary residencies by the end of the year. The Greek government has also been... by the Labour Ministry, which aims, among other things, to tackle unpaid and undeclared work. It has been...) is a democratic deficit, and sometimes in the past, when we look at Greece, it has been close to a democratic
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Unemployment falls to 21.2 pct in June, lowest since Dec 2011
EconomyMacroeconomyrevealed on Thursday. The headline figure means that the jobless has now fallen to its lowest level..., representing the highest reading for the year so far. Over the last 12 months, the jobless rate has been... percent. The IMF has forecasted unemployment to stand at 21.9 percent for 2017. The OECD has said
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Energy conference highlights path and obstacles to European energy integration
EconomyFeaturesin terms of energy security is the role of Turkey, whose cooperation on energy has been tied... Internazionali, addressed these concerns. “Turkey has been moving closer to Russia, but it’s in Turkey’s... and Turkey is a multilayer factor. There has been a lot of progress in terms of the electricity market
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Tsipras gets approval for gender bill despite coalition partner's absence
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe particular circumstances surrounding the legislation. ANEL has also broken ranks in the past on social.... Their political alliance is far from perfect but has proved time and again that it is able... to come to an end. Centre-left A new date has been set for the vote to elect a leader for the centre-left
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Athens waits to sound out IMF, PM moves on from vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Washington next week, the government has some time to take stock... has raised hopes in Greece that discussions over next year’s fiscal gap, as part of the third review... for Athens to get a full picture of where the IMF stands. There has been much concern within
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Eurosystem funding falls by 3.58 bln in September
EconomyMacroeconomyCentral Bank (ECB) funding fell by 1.21 billion to 13.23 billion euros. ELA funding has fallen every... review. The reduction in ELA funding in September had largely been anticipated, as the ECB has been... of the first programme review, central bank funding has fallen by 53.99 billion, with around two-thirds
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Greece bottom of table for gender equality progress in EU
Society) has revealed that Greece has made the worst overall progress in the EU on gender equality between 2005... of women. Almost no improvement has been made in this domain over the last decade with an improvement of just one percentage point in 10 years. Greece has one of the highest gender gaps concerning housework
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Newsletter 136 - 20/10/2017
, which has not yet been concluded, would not affect the effort to meet fiscal targets.... Trump said that Greece has a “great role” in stability in the area, while Pence called it a “pillar... on these issues, as well as the Balkans, suggested that the deterioration in US-Turkish relations has
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Household disposable income fell by another 2.3 pct in 2016, consumption down by 1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomysurplus of 100 million. Throughout the crisis, Greece’s balance with the rest of the world has.... The cumulative drop since 2010 in disposable income has reached 40 percent, while consumption has been reduced by 28 percent. The drop in disposable income and the reduction in gross saving has pushed
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