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SYRIZA eyes gains from case developing against ex-defence minister
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter Akis Tsochatzopoulos to end up in jail. Tsochatzopoulos, recently released on grounds of ill... to separate its actions from those of its predecessors is designed to firm up the message to voters... major weaknesses going into the next elections. Despite his attempts to freshen up the conservatives
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Greece's never-ending election campaign
Agorato pick up the campaign trail. For many months prior to the bailout exit, SYRIZA’s strategy was based... old habits of sharing the wealth amongst the few, mostly those who cosy up to the ruling party... up the work carried out a by a cross-party parliamentary committee that investigated alleged
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General govt primary cash surplus at 5.21 bln in September, arrears fall by 411 mln
EconomyMacroeconomyof the figures showed that in the first nine months of the year, revenues edged up by 1.9 percent YoY... governments (+24 million euros). At just under 32 percent, arrears of SSFs made up the majority of arrears... billion to 21.21 billion, making up 6 percent of the total. In the year-to-date, repos have risen
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Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto the case as it seeks to keep up the pressure on the opposition over alleged malpractice... a report claiming that hundreds of files had been found hidden away behind a bricked-up storage space... documents ended up where they were found. Path to elections The focus on such alleged scandals
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Appeals over past pension cuts sow confusion about potential fiscal impact of backpay
Economy, while supplementary pensions experienced scaled-up cuts that started from 10 percent to 20 percent... the concept of “personal difference” that in many cases calculated that up to 2010 groups.... The general premise was that as the economy picks up, this difference would gradually narrow
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Central government debt increases by 10.7 bln to 356.03 bln in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomy(-0.72 million). FSM loans continue to make up the lion’s share of overall loans, accounting... of the composition of new borrowing for the first nine months of the year showed that ESM loans made up 54.3.... The debt breakdown by residual maturity showed that long-term (over 5 years) debt made up 77.6 percent
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Parties vie for voters' attention as New Democracy prepares for congress
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut at home, the government and opposition election machinery was picking up speed. The coalition... funds. Picking up on the pledge he made at the Thessaloniki Expo (DETH) in September, Mitsotakis said the scheme would apply for taxpayers owing up to 3,000 euros in total, which he said would cover
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Private sector employees increase in 2018 along with average wage rise of 4.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof all firms were classed as small operations with up to four employees. Firms employing between five and nine employees made up 14.1 percent of the total and those hiring between 10 and 49 employees... percent received a salary up to 1,000 euros, 19.9 percent between 1,000 and 1,500 euros and 15.7
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SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe break-up of the coalition. “We’ll be waiting for Mr [Kyriakos] Mitsotakis [New Democracy leader... in the judicial process to set up the affair with the aim of damaging its political opponents...’s comments as evidence which backs up their claim that the Novartis allegations are baseless
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General govt primary cash surplus at 7.62 bln in Nov, arrears fall by 42 mln
EconomyMacroeconomymonths of the year, up by 445 million euros compared to the same period last year, according... governments (+12 million euros). At 28.4 percent of the total, tax refund arrears of made up... dropped by 675 million to 19.63 billion, making up 5.5 percent of the total. In the year-to-date
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