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  1. Nobody has less confidence in their government than the Greeks, OECD finds
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    Society

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published its annual Government at a Glance report for 2013. The study includes some interesting data on Greece, particularly...,” added the authors. 3) Women in government The OECD found that Greece has one of the lowest rates

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  2. Cost of petty corruption in Greece has halved during crisis
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    Society

    International has found. Researchers found that 15 percent fewer cases of this type of graft were... hospitals. Graft in the private sector has been dipping over the last few years but here also hospitals top

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  3. Strong tourism season has little impact on unemployment, hovering at 10.8 pct in July
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . These are the lowest jobless rates Greece has experienced since the end of 2009, as the country..., the hiring balance has reached 304,918, improved by 37,726 more jobs year-on-year. Total hires were

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  4. Government opts for modest tax relief, but who will benefit?

    EconomyFeatures

    to measure them against New Democracy’s campaign promises. We can also start to form a picture... to implement with major cuts elsewhere. The government has now published its costings... birth rates. The figures are evidence that in government New Democracy has had to cut its coat

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  5. Tsipras in Brussels prep for Obama trip

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    has promised to deliver in order to gain enough support to push more austerity measures through... that position, the IMF is on the same page. And I think the United States will also apply pressure in that direction,” he told Real FM radio. “Without being 100 percent certain - I can’t make predictions

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  6. Brussels gives Athens thumbs-up for reforms and budget
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    EconomyProgramme

    report, concluding that Greece has taken all the necessary steps to meet its mid-2019 commitments... of a primary surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP in 2020. The EC has an overall favourable view of its..., the Code of Civil Procedures, the financial training of judges and legal safeguards of bank staff dealing

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  7. Mitsotakis pushes for broad consensus after surprise announcement on postal vote

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . According to details circulated in a statement by Interior Minister Niki Kerameus, the measure... that the measure had been a long-standing request of the diaspora and argued that it would “deepen” the democratic... was unexpected, New Democracy has strong motives to move in this direction. One is the party’s strong ties

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  8. OECD sees heavy hit from pandemic, gradual recovery in 2021 picking up pace in 2022
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    Economy

    The OECD has released its latest economic outlook showing that Greece is unlikely to escape.... Domestic demand also remained weak, which hit job creation. The government has rolled out a wide... needed to provide better active labour market programmes, education and professional training

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  9. Opposition challenges government account of prompt wildfire response
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the flames with what he claimed were “thousands of gaps in the fire service”. The opposition has long... shadow civil protection spokesperson, Hara Kafantari, argued that the government has failed to learn...-up areas, and that police officers sent to the scene lacked any training or equipment

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  10. Police and protests at centre of political leaders' debate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    behaviour. He called on the prime minister to disband the motorcycle-riding DIAS squad, which has been... to improve police training and a new assistant ombudsman to monitor the force. Tsipras queried... among New Democracy supporters, the percentage of those who believe the media has helped reached

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