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Greece registers 42,425 asylum seekers at rising rate in two years of EU-Turkey deal
Societyon Lesvos (45.5 percent) followed by Chios (23.5 percent) and Samos (19.4 percent). Syrians made up... 18-34 percent made up 47.9 percent of all applicants. The numbers of full registrations and final decisions went up notably in 2017 compared to 2016. This was put down to the necessary infrastructure
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Over one in five Greeks struggled to make ends meet in 2017
Societywith the lowest material deprivation rate was 2009 at 11 percent, shortly before Greece signed up to its first... is therefore the first time in seven years that the rate has gone down rather than up, but still means... Security Fund (EFKA) showed that up to May of last year, three out of 10 workers in the private
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Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
EconomyFeaturesthat the costs have gone up every year since the end of 2014, by a total of 612 million euros, or 3.9 percent... to an increase in the employer’s (i.e. the state’s) social security contributions, which went up by 268..., the opposition’s populist promises to tear up the rulebook lack credibility given the fate of similar
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Piraeus Bank posts net loss of 80 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingbillion and by 5.6 billion since the September 2015 peak. The NPE ratio edged up to 55.7 percent... the NPL ratio edge up to 35.5 percent in Q1 from 35.3 percent in Q4. The NPL coverage ratio stood at 80...) and NPE sales (-3.5 billion euros). Piraeus Bank has been stepping up efforts to reduce the balance
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Lenders return to Athens with much work ahead to reach SLA by May 24
EconomyProgramme, although this will require efforts to be stepped up in the coming weeks,” he said. “Ideally, we would... are already under strong domestic pressure over the pension cuts that have been lined up for 2019... experience cuts of up to 30 percent at the most. He did not rule out the possibility that pensioners
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Parties mull changes to electoral law, top judge resigns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe discussion about changes to the electoral law is hotting up in Greece, in a further sign... to Interior Minister Panos Skourletis the breaking up of the Athens “B” electoral district... for the changes. At the time, PASOK proposed breaking up the Athens “B” district and allowing Greeks
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Central government debt grows to 343.74 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyin financial support mechanism loans (FSM). FSM loans continue to make up the lion’s share of overall.... A breakdown of the composition of borrowing for the first three months of 2018 showed that T-bills made up...-term (over 5 years) debt made up 76.7 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
Agora, was not afraid to criticise the government or opposition, opened up Thessaloniki to Jewish visitors... attacks such are Saturday’s can only be considered a natural consequence of this ramping up of tension... the flow of voters to Golden Dawn. In the run-up to the 2012 elections, for example, the opposition leader
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Newsletter 163 -25/05/2018
of the solidarity tax for those earning up to 30,000 euros, will apply in both years as well. Greece... to wrap up most of the remaining prior actions. The draft legislation will also contain the changes... briefly at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers because the Washington Group, made up of some
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Eurobank net profits at 34.5 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingpercent in Q4 2017. The NPL coverage ratio edged up to 70.6 percent. In the Greek market, the NPL ratio... part in reducing NPE stock going forward. Currently, Eurobank’s bad loan portfolio up for sale takes the form of loans up to 10,000 euros in credit card debt and unsecured overdrafts which have
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