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BoG charts how crisis has affected private sector employment
Economyprivate sector employment has been affected during the crisis. The first finding is related... period prior to June 2008. According to the study, the number of those registered with IKA has been moving upwards since early 2013 and from May 2013 has risen month on month. At the end of November 2013
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Wealth inequality in Greece has grown at faster rate than eurozone peers during crisis
SocietyThe economic crisis has increased wealth inequality in Greece at a much faster pace than in other... and Spain. In Greece the top decile has a 56.1 percent share of wealth at the moment, which puts... in its group where there has been what Credit Suisse terms a “rapid rise” in inequality between 2007
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Parliament's bailout probe has potential to be politically toxic
PoliticsGreek Politicshas already objected to the fact that the investigation will only seek to cover the period from May... Minister Alexis Tsipras has cultivated ties with Karamanlis over the years. It is believed that the ex... a coalition in June 2012. Nevertheless, there has been a strong feeling within New Democracy
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammewithout having to risk a higher cost of borrowing than it would want. There has been some... the 7-year note. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has indicated that the government would like to sell.... In the meantime, the Finance Ministry also has a number of significant fiscal issues to contend
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Newsletter 310 - 01/10/2021
Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Paris. It comes on the back of Greece agreeing to buy another six French-made Rafale jets, taking the total it has ordered to 24. Domestically, the agreement has been greeted... fleet with modern French frigates has a national motive as it safeguards our homeland,” he said
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As East Med tension remains, Athens also keeps eye on Turkish actions in Aegean
Foreign PolicyGreek Politicsadded that it would be wrong to continue adding confidence-building measures without evaluation what has..., hinting that SYRIZA may be doing this to gain political capital. The Greek premier has engaged in a war...), Erdogan said that “the prime minister of Greece has been talking on his own, but regardless
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Greece is least socially just country in EU, report indicates
SocietyGreeks, but also long-term joblessness (Greece has the highest rate in the EU) and the in-job poverty rate (only Romania has a higher rate). The report’s authors describe the labour market situation... people aged between 20 and 24 are neither working nor in education or training. “The very significant
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ND warns of fiscal risk from SYRIZA pledges as Tsipras takes heart from Cyprus polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsof two air force pilots during a training exercise last week. ND has used SYRIZA’s decision to vote...New Democracy has been picking apart SYRIZA’s economic programme, accusing the left-wing opposition... approach, an argument captured in his claim at Monday’s rally that “the upset has already happened
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Newsletter 56 - 18/12/2015
and embarrassment of a drawn-out leadership campaign that has failed to capture voters’ attention even though... to a software failure. The conservative party has since switched the IT firm it is using, from... of role New Democracy will play in Greek politics. At the moment the party has regressed into its
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Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018
has no intention of bringing down the government. Full focus turns to debt relief measures Multi-bill... the longstanding Macedonia name dispute has triggered turmoil in Greek domestic politics. Parliament is due to hold... settle a diplomatic dispute that has dragged on for more than a quarter of a century. Under
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