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  1. Greece cheaper than average for majority of categories except food, most expensive for communications
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    as postal services and the internet. The country came in 57.6 percent higher than the EU average... prices were 5.2 percent higher than the EU average, ahead of Germany and the Netherlands. In other areas, Greece emerged with lower than average prices. Housing costs and prices in Greece came

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  2. Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015

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    that this reflects his view, rather than the consensus within the government. by Antonis Samaras... view, rather than the consensus within the government. Energy Minister Panayiotis Lafazanis.... The group NPL ratio (NPLs over gross loans) climbed by more than 1.5 percentage points to 32.2 percent

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  3. Newsletter 44 - 25/09/2015

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    of the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) in mid-August. Since then, the better than expected GDP growth for the second quarter and the stronger than anticipated tourism numbers have raised hopes... statement, “no later than 15 November”. Since capital needs are due to be disclosed in the second half

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  4. Newsletter 22 - 03/04/2015

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    than those on February 18, meaning that the banks cannot cover the emerging funding gap of 700... points in February. This means it is 6 points lower than the recent peak of 102.8 in November... in February. Economic sentiment is now six points lower than the November 2014 peak. Retail turnover down

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  5. PM gears up for communications drive as PASOK marks 50 years
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    year, rather than the 0.5 that had been planned. Another 0.5-point drop was due the following year... scheme providing subsidised loans to homeseekers. It will have less stringent criteria than in the first version and be available to a broader range of buyers than before. This is designed

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  6. New Democracy risks losing moderates with move for right-wing alliance

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    that other New Democracy departees, such as former Health Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis and the conservative...New Democracy’s attempt to form a broad right-wing alliance designed to prevent SYRIZA winning the next elections has had a mixed response so far but the most important reaction could yet be the one

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  7. Three in 10 workers in part-time jobs, earning less than 400 euros
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    percent did not make more than 23.48 per day. Men were more likely than women to be in full-time... in full-time work, the average daily salary was 15.1 percent higher than that for women (52.69 euros... and 23.09 for women.The same was also true for part-time work. Although women were more likely than

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  8. Labour database shows 8 in 10 workers earn less than 1,200 per month
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    . According to Ergani Greek companies are dominated by small firms as more than 88 pct employ less than 10 workers, some 262,634 companies out of a total of 298,255. Around 10 pct employ between 11 and 50. This leads to a total dominance of SMEs in the Greek economy, with more than 98 pct

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  9. Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
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    of a precautionary credit line) rather than the measures that Greece will have to adopt to get there. The prime... to succeed Karolos Papoulias. Nevertheless, Samaras knows that winning over the 25 MPs he needs to get

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  10. Wealth inequality in Greece has grown at faster rate than eurozone peers during crisis
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    The economic crisis has increased wealth inequality in Greece at a much faster pace than in other... increase than the two other countries, Italy and Spain, Credit Suisse considers to have experienced... from 52 to 55.6 percent, which means that in both cases the current total is also lower than

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