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Annual contraction of import prices slows in Sep, index growing MoM since Jun
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s import price index continued to contract in September but at a considerably slower rate... been sliding since. However, due to last year’s unprecedented rises, this year’s numbers have a significant base effect. Last year’s September reading was at 25.2 percent annually. Month-on-month
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PM brushes aside political cost of self-employed tax bill as main opposition unravels
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the teeth of opposition from unions and his own party’s lawmakers. The response from main opposition SYRIZA... it lose two of its MPs after a weekend confrontation with leader Stefanos Kasselakis. The government’s... minister is listening. Sources from within the PM’s office are not keen to dwell on the subject
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SYRIZA turbulence shakes up opposition politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA’s decline in the opinion polls and the internal disruption that has followed the election... in this summer’s elections. Next steps It is expected that former labour minister Efi Achtsioglou... can then mount a more serious challenge on SYRIZA’s political space remains to be seen. Reports
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How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
Agoraand commerce fully reflect the property market’s difficulties, which saw prices drop by 40 pct... in the country’s history, when it reached 28 pct, was also when a conservative-led government was in power. This was another unwelcome entry in ND’s record book, after the centre-right party also oversaw
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Decline in import prices accelerates to 13.4 pct in Oct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s import price index continued to contract in October, picking up pace from the previous... this year. The index peaked in April last year with a 39.1 percent rise. However, due to last year’s unprecedented rises, this year’s numbers have a significant base effect. Last year’s October reading
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Policeman's death prompts PM's pledge to act on hooliganism
PoliticsGreek Politicsat football matches. As a measure of the government’s concern, Mitsotakis is expected to attend the 31-year-old's funeral in Thessaloniki on Friday. However, his administration’s failure to make inroads into tackling hooliganism will add to the question marks hanging over New Democracy’s ability
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PM allows his MPs to abstain from same-sex marriage vote, puts ball in opposition court
PoliticsGreek Politics. Reacting to the prime minister’s statements, SYRIZA (36 MPs) sources accused Mitsotakis of wanting... (32 MPs) also suggest that the party’s support is not to be taken for granted. Leader Nikos... characteristically that, “we will not tie New Democracy’s shoelaces”. PASOK spokespeople have been
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Import prices continue to contract in Nov, but at lower pace of 8.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s import price index continued to contract in November, though at a slower pace than...’s unprecedented rises, this year’s numbers have a significant base effect. Last year’s November... a drop of 3.2 percent in the previous month. The index’s 12-month rolling movement was negative
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Marriage equality bill causing reverberations within ruling party and opposition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe same-sex marriage bill is continuing to cause turmoil in Greece’s main political parties... officials have taken exception to the leftist party’s leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, ordering his MPs... of reactions from their constituents. However, in an interview with Sunday’s To Vima, State Minister
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Investment grade boost visible in strong demand for Greek assets
Economyat the start of December, leaving Moody’s as the only leading agency that has Greece one notch below, although it did up Greece’s rating by two notches in September. The first two bond transactions... on the Athens Exchange was the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund’s (HRADF) 30 pct share
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