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  1. Coalition's role in freight terminal contract, public broadcaster under attack
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    been changed after it was launched and argued that a higher rental price more than made up... into a modern, impartial broadcaster rather than a government mouthpiece but its efforts have largely... not been able to convince voters that it has better intentions and better ability than its political

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  2. Appeals over past pension cuts sow confusion about potential fiscal impact of backpay
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    Economy

    and, as such, there should have been a more detailed analysis and view rather than the across-the-board... that happened in 2012. However, more than 200,000 pensioners have so far submitted applications to a dedicated..., even the short period of 12 months between 2015 and 2016 could cost public coffers more than 2 billion

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  3. Building permits increase by 13.3 pct in August
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    year, the absolute number of permits came to 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new builds. However, signs

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  4. Greek tax rate hikes among highest in OECD countries, tax report shows
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    EconomyFeatures

    are all higher in Greece than the OECD average. Greek taxes are lower than the OECD average... at the same time that the country’s GDP fell by more than a quarter. The revenue breakdown shows

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  5. Building permits rise by 6.6 pct in September, up by 9 pct in 9M
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new

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  6. Car sales rise by 12.3 pct in November and 23.7 percent in 11-month
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rise in car sales in 2017 was higher than that for 2016 (+11 percent), and higher than 2015 (+13.5 percent), it remained less than half of the record high of 372,892 vehicle registrations in 2007

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  7. Chasing investment, the Greek dream
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    Agora

    formation represented more than quarter of Greek GDP, at 27.4 percent. By the second quarter of 2015... were worth 23 billion euros. By 2010, this had reached more than 81 billion euros. Then, as Greece..., the index for other construction is in recovery since 2016 and higher than the 2010 levels. Spending

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  8. Coalition set to extend, improve OCW but opinion poll favours ND
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of 2019 rather than in few days. Furthermore, it allows debtors to come to an arrangement over... on their feet rather than sink under the pressure of their debts. The other loose end that the government... by the government this week prompted strong criticism from the opposition. More than 20 amendments

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  9. Car sales rise by 4.1 pct in Dec, taking annual increase for 2018 to 22.6 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to the lowest point, car sales in 2018 more than doubled. As mentioned, car sales overall in 2018 were higher than the previous year by 22.6 percent. The year-on-year rise in 2017 stood at 11 percent. However, car sales for the year were still lower by 48.8 percent than the record high of 372,892

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  10. Building permits rise by 23.8 pct in Oct, up by 10.9 pct in first 10 months
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new

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