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Greece lags in basic skills for youth but improves in educational attainment
Societyfor the lower educated was 48.5 percent in 2015, close to the EU-28 average, those for the medium (35.8... rates remain lower than for men. However, foreign-born students have a much lower participation rate...,” the reported noted. Participation in adult learning, at 5.7 percent in 2015, is also much lower
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Has external competitiveness been fixed in Greece?
Agoraand moderately lower unemployment. Increased wage growth led to higher inflation than in other euro...? Indeed, when will the country witness that unemployment returns to much lower levels? When... in these calculations from figure 1 above? The lower bold line of figure 1 is the IMF’s REER
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Wage rises become top issue but trajectory lined with obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomyof 25 dropped even lower to 510 euros. To keep wages low, part of the policy formula agreed with Greece... the nominal average wage in Greece is roughly 2 pct lower than it was 2010 and half a percent lower.... It sees the minimum wage rising to 950 euros by the end of the term. The new pay scale that ND has
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Mitsotakis buoyed by poll ratings, boost to growth narrative
PoliticsGreek Politicshis visit to Athens. In an interview with ANT-1 TV, he highlighted the cooperation that has already... for Greece, namely less regulation, lower taxes, less bureaucratisation and more computerisation..., directly or indirectly, of the primary surplus target,” he said. “A lower, more realistic, primary
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Tsipras steps in to limit damage, Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts and fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politicswould not stand as a candidate in the upcoming elections after admitting on TV that she pulled strings... an extensive defeat in the local elections. In a TV interview on Thursday night, Finance Minister... pace and to borrow at lower cost. Consequently, we will achieve the fiscal targets while
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Newsletter 292 - 09/04/2021
handling of the pandemic, the government hit back this week via a primetime TV interview with Prime.... In an interview to Star TV on Wednesday, Mitsotakis defended the government’s record on handling....” His comments came after SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras launched an attack on the government during a TV
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PM stands by Ukraine decision, feels vindicated on defence and foreign policies
PoliticsGreek Politicswith his rivals. In an interview with ANT-1 TV on Thursday, Mitsotakis made it clear that he believes... insisted in his own TV interview shortly after the PM that sending arms to Ukraine was the wrong... after the PM’s TV interview claiming that he “clearly does not believe in national consensus
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Leaders gear up for debate as ND maintains opinion poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politics, prevent the opposition from being able to form the next government. The TV debate was agreed... by challenging his rivals, especially since they will all be in the TV studio with him, to explain..., Mitsotakis announced a 150-euro handout for young voters and has pledged to lower taxes further over
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Newsletter 424 - 24/05/2024
of comfort from the upcoming vote. The latest survey by Opinion Poll on behalf of Action24 TV... aggressive towards PASOK under Androulakis’s leadership. Speaking on Attica TV on Wednesday, Kasselakis... well to Kasselakis’s attempt to sideline him, quipping during an interview with Skai TV on Wednesday
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Mitsotakis looks to last-minute announcements to top up lean TIF offerings
PoliticsGreek Politicspressure to improve disposable incomes and firms are pushing for lower non-wage costs. The cuts form... Marinakis, who told Open TV on Wednesday that any handouts likely to be announced by Mitsotakis would... for political reasons. Georgiadis claimed that Mega TV, owned by shipowner Vangelis Marinakis, was spending
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