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Athens moves ahead with expansionary measures as it waits for lenders' response
EconomyProgrammeand the primary surplus targets that Greece has to meet over the coming years. In their entirety, the fiscal impact of the interventions is seen exceeding the fiscal space the government has estimated... on Thursday is the proposal the government has made regarding putting 5.5 billion euros from the cash
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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
Agorain younger groups is more modest. Additionally, SYRIZA has lost all occupations apart from the unemployed... doubt that there has been a substantial shift in Greek voters’ views and preferences, which... will be a centre-right government with a clear majority. The last decade has seen Greece’s electoral
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made it clear that his main aim in the upcoming... alliance between the two parties, however, has been made more difficult by the decision taken by KINAL... his term ends early next year, has also been mentioned. The split between Gennimata and Venizelos
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Unemployment drops to 18.1 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomytime last year, the unemployment rate came to 20.2 percent. Unemployment has continued to slowly fall... the peak of 1.35 million unemployed in September 2013, unemployment has shown a fall of around 36.9... to 22.8 percent. This figure has been in decline since the high of 31.6 percent in May 2013
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Mitsotakis focuses on investment and taxes as ND launches election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader referred to the fact that SYRIZA has “borrowed” a number of the tax policies set out by New... belatedly to the middle class, which has become a key player in this election, turning its back on SYRIZA... the necessary room for manoeuvre it needs to implement the reforms he has promised. “Opinion polls do not count
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Building permits drop by 14.4 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomysector has remained subdued in recent years as both private and public construction projects were.... At 15,325 permits, the total for 2018 has surpassed the total for 2017 by 1,478 permits. However... to -53.6 from -49.5 in April. Compared to the same month last year, construction confidence has risen
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Eurozone set to give next govt until Sept to address fiscal issues
EconomyProgrammehighlighted its belief that a large part of the fiscal outperformance of recent years has been the result... in Brussels on Wednesday also revealed that Greece has not made an official request to pay off early... Greece to address imbalances by continuing the reforms it has committed to as part of the post-MoU
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Unemployment rate up to 19.2 pct in Q1, long-term jobless still falling
EconomyMacroeconomy, the jobless rate has declined by 2 percentage points (pps) from the Q1 2018 figure of 21.2 percent... aged over 65, where the rate came to 11.2 percent. This group also has the lowest overall rate... has fallen below 600,000 for the first time since Q4 2011 when it stood at 537,300. Part-time
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ND maintains big lead but keeps foot down to counter possible low turnout
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis has ruled out working with SYRIZA, his sights are set on gaining a parliamentary majority... that some Greeks might not vote and others might consider that the result has already been determined... with safeguarding delicate balances within his party. A complication has emerged over the televised debate
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Mitsotakis steps up pressure on voters to avoid July 7 letdown
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has increased the pressure on voters to back his party... that this is not what Greeks want.” In the same interview, Mitsotakis said he has a clear idea about who... also insisted that New Democracy’s economic programme has been “strictly costed” and that the new
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