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Greece offers to assist in Gaza humanitarian effort
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece has made itself available for humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza but continues to adopt a more cautious approach regarding the conflict than other European capitals. It took more than a month for a Greek official to visit the West Bank following the Hamas terrorist attack
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Newsletter 403 - 24/11/2023
, while it now only holds four more seats in Parliament than social democrats PASOK and is trailing... that the leftists could be on their way to becoming the fourth party after more than a decade of leading or being
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SYRIZA rebels poised to launch new group after split
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinues to be dogged by the same-sex marriage issue, rather than become embroiled in a battle... main opponent rather than their former party. This will be a tricky line to tread as their former
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Unemployment rate drops below 10 pct in Oct for first time since Sep 2009
EconomyMacroeconomyand now stands at 3.08 million. The unemployment rate among women fell by more than 4 percentage points... more departures than hires. During the first eight months of the year, the hiring balance reached
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What is driving the Greek housing market's recovery?
EconomyFeaturesmarket in 2008. During the crisis which ensued, homes lost more than 40 percent of their value over... of property transactions, which have seen an increase of more than 140 percent from the low point marked
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Unpopular tax bill set to become law despite objections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives for going after individual taxpayers and small earners rather than corporations and wealth... to blunt tools rather than using the technology available to pinpoint evasion. The legislation has
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Unemployment drops marginally to 10.8 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomy. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 310,300 people, representing 60.3 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 131,800, has not worked for more than
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Solid revenues, contained spending lead to primary balance beating target by 2 bln in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomyin November 2022. The overall balance is better than the target by 2 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues... bulletin due later in the month. Tax refunds came to 6.27 billion euros, 133 million more than the target
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BoG revises 2024 growth down to 2.5 pct, advocates wide range of policies and reforms
EconomyMacroeconomyrates being kept high for longer than initially thought. The ECB is not expected to consider lower.... Positive surprises for growth could come from a stronger-than-expected impact from securing
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PM gambles on toned-down marriage equality proposal to win over right-wing objectors
PoliticsGreek Politicsout by the government’s political strategists is more encouraging than a series of opinion polls... is more open to the idea of same-sex marriage than in the past and that even centre-right and right
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