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  1. Government claims tourism season a major success, opposition begs to differ

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    that Greece is on course for a better tourism season than in 2019. Earlier, Tourism Minister... from a higher-than-expected influx of tourists to cover the additional relief measures it wants

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  2. Spying scandal triggers high-level resignations, serious questions for government and PM
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    was stepping aside for personal reasons after more than 3 years in a high pressure position. They even argued that he had, in fact, remained at his post for longer than expected, suggesting

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  3. Questions linger following PM's statement on surveillance of political rival

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    , his carefully chosen words appear to raise more questions than they answer. Taken at face value... announced on Monday that Parliament would return from its summer recess on August 22, rather than

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  4. Budget primary balance beats target by 4.64 bln in July on back of impressive tax performance
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    in July 2021. The overall balance is better than the target by 4.6 billion euros. Revenues Net revenues... billion euros, higher than the target by 780 million euros. Overall, the PIB balance landed at a deficit

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  5. Despite seasonal recruitment in accommodation and catering, hiring balance slows to 2,999 in July
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    Greece’s employment balance slowed down in July with 2,999 more hires than departures, according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. In June there were 19,113 more hires than departures, while there was a significant slowdown from the figure of 24,395 of July last year

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  6. Opposition pushes for phone-tapping probe as early polls claim limited damage to ND
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    submit requests for parliamentary inquiries to be held, needing only 120 votes, rather than 151 (a clear..., and the cost of living in particular, rather than the phone-tapping issue. This is backed up by a Marc poll

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  7. Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
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    elections, rather than linking the additional seats to the winner’s share of the vote, which is what... of consensus on the opposition, hoping voters will punish its rivals rather than seek to blame New

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  8. Opposition lambasts Mitsotakis over support package, accuses PM of election scaremongering
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    power than many of its peers. Third party PASOK-KINAL said the funds for the support package came... to employ RRF funds to invest in insulation and heat pumps rather than using budget funds to subsidise

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  9. Jobless rate grows marginally to 12.6 pct as youth unemployment drops by over 7 points
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    or placed employees on furlough schemes. Although higher than the previous month, the latest levels... showed that Greece’s employment balance in July had 2,999 more hirings than firings. During the seven

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  10. Q2 unemployment drops to 12.4 pct, reflecting seasonality in job market
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    of long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 370,400 people, representing 62.6 percent of the total unemployed. Alarmingly, the largest portion, 149,700, has not worked for more than four years

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