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  1. Hirings balance in August turns negative by 7,748
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The employment balance slipped into negative territory in August with 7,748 more departures than hirings during the month, data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system revealed. August’s.... In the aggregate period, the employment balance showed 281,813 more hirings than departures. Ergani noted

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  2. VAT revenues up in 2016 but rate hikes fail to close gap of 29 pct
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    EconomyFeatures

    The European Commission's VAT Gap report has revealed that high rates of VAT in Greece appear to have fed tax avoidance rather than close the gap between expected and actual revenues. Out..., general government revenues came to 87.37 billion euros, 589 million euros higher than the figure

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  3. Budget surplus confirmed at 3.16 billion in August
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the year, expenditure increased by 1.6 percent to 31.61 billion, lower than the target by 304 million... better than the target.

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  4. Countdown to Macedonia name deal vote has PM weighing up support
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    will respect this decision” – as long as more than 50 percent participate in the referendum and the result... a diplomatic problem that has lasted more than 25 years. Kammenos has recently said that if the Prespes

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  5. ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    abroad. The allegations that the Defence Ministry used funds in a less than transparent..., the lower the percentage needed to gain more than 150 seats in the House.

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  6. Draft budget contains two scenarios on pensions, charts course within agreed fiscal targets
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent in 2018. Imports will grow by 2.1 pps less than initially estimated, while public consumption... by just 0.2 percentage points. Exports are expected to rise by more than assumed in the MTFS, by 5.8

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  7. Migration troubles move up political agenda as probe into use of fund is launched

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    are less than a year away. In a press conference in Arta, northwestern Greece, on Monday, New Democracy... sensitive than others about the plight of migrants but now being content to “pile up people in camps

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  8. IMF raises growth forecast for 2019, lowers sharply medium-term expectations
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    previously, albeit higher than the last quarter of 2017, when the economy grew by 2 percent. Real GDP... where countries’ per capita GDP declined more than 20 percent, peak to trough. The sample includes

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  9. Unemployment at 19 pct in July as inactive population increases
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Ministry’s Ergani database for August showed that there were 7,748 more departures than hirings... that the balance for the first eight months of the year, which came to 281,813 more hirings than departures

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  10. New overdue taxes rise by 849 mln in August with total stock at 102.81 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    totalled 6.42 billion, lower than the figure for the same period last year by just under 25 percent. New... than the increase of 392 million noted in July. The VAT collectability rate declined to 83.8

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