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Government U-turns again to tighten Covid measures over Christmas
PoliticsGreek Politicsand to encourage teleworking. One of the factors behind the government’s change of heart may have been the waning
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Govt searches budget for space to adopt more Covid and energy relief
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Covid restrictions combined with the continuing energy crisis are forcing the government to prepare a new round of support measures for businesses and households in the new year, which may well extend beyond the provisions made in the budget. Greece reported a new record in daily Covid
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Retail sales rise by 13.1 pct in Oct, led by fuels and non-food sectors
EconomyMacroeconomypoints in October. Consumer confidence had been falling since the previous high in May, when it stood
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infected by the Delta variant so the full impact of Omicron may not be visible yet. In his New Year
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Economic sentiment drops by 3.1 pts in Dec, little change in consumer confidence over year
EconomyMacroeconomyhigh in May, when it stood at -22.2 points. It was -44.7 in December 2020, staying broadly unchanged
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CPI rise of 5.1 pct in Dec highest since 2011 as electricity, gas and heating oil drive price hikes
EconomyMacroeconomyterritory for the 12 months prior to May 2021, when CPI posted a marginal increase of 0.1 percent and prices
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Covid measures extended despite govt optimism, as inflation causes political tension
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Health Minister Thanos Plevris that some restrictions, including a ban on music, may be lifted as early
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Mitsotakis targets inflation on path to elections in 2023
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the second instalment of the minimum wage increase will be implemented on May 1, which is earlier than
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Despite job losses in Q4 2021, year closes with positive hirings balance
EconomyMacroeconomybalance of 70.048 more firings than hirings. The highest positive balance was noted in May, with 95,166
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Unemployment rate eases to 13.3 pct in Nov as number of employed rises sharply
EconomyMacroeconomyin July 2013. At the same time, the series low is 7.2 percent unemployment rate in May 2008. Year
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