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BoG data shows drop in card usage in first half of 2019
EconomyFeaturesversus 30 in the previous six-month period. Split between type of payment card, debit card transactions came to an average of 26 transactions per card versus 32 in the previous period, while credit
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Apartment prices rise by 9.1 pct in Q3, hitting series high
EconomyMacroeconomybeats the previous high noted in Q1 2007, which came to 8.7 percent. It also marks a seventh consecutive... by -157 million euros, slightly deepening from net monthly outflows of -147 million euros in the previous
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ND focusses on economic goals in run-up to budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe strides it believes have been made in the previous months, including a raft of tax cuts, other... additional surpluses, which the previous government could then share out at the end of each year
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Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros. However, SYRIZA has made much of the fact that in previous years it shared out a much larger... the previous PASOK government in 2004.
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BoG sets out positives and next steps for economy, forecasts 2.4 pct growth in 2020
Economy. Overall, the BoG appears more upbeat than in previous reports issued during the SYRIZA administration... previous estimates thanks to a stronger 2019 and some of the policies that the new administration has
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Criminal justice system deemed too weak to fight corruption
Societyconsequences. The previous legislation carried at least one year imprisonment and a fine of 5,000... or a pecuniary penalty. GRECO notes the distinction between the previous penalty of prison plus
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Disposable income rises by 3.5 pct YoY in Q3, final consumption up by 0.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek household disposable income grew by 3.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the third second quarter (Q2) of 2019, decreasing from the rise of 5 percent noted in the previous quarter, according... by 4.3 percent YoY compared to an increase of 6.6 percent in the previous quarter, and stood
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ND steps up efforts to build island detention centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politics60,000, were almost double last year compared to the previous two years. The government has already... step in this process as ND tries to go in a different direction to the previous government, which
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SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsin previous years. According to the authors, this led to the leftists being unaware of the extent to which... performance during the previous years, it does set out many of the party’s failings, some due
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Government braces for reaction to pension bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsto live up to its promise to scrap the previous government’s pension regulations, the so-called... make a fundamental change to the previous government’s system by decoupling social security
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