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Greeks express most negative sentiments about economy in global poll
Society. The public’s view of the economy is up from a low of 15 percent across these five EU nations in 2013, when.... An average of only 41 percent believe that a child in their country today will grow up to be better off... are the French, Japanese and Greeks. Responding to the statement “When children today in our country grow up
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Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government attempted on Thursday to come up with a temporary solution to the strike by municipal rubbish collectors, which has led to trash piling up in the streets. Around 5,000 local authority..., though, seems set to keep up its pressure on the government via other means, especially by highlighting
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Material deprivation rises, while poverty risk drops slightly
Societyaged up to 17 (1.0 percentage point) than other age groups. Material deprivation for children aged up.... Such households make up 31.4 percent of the category. A decrease of 1.3 percentage points was also
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader be elected by grassroots supporters, i.e. members that will sign up with the new entity... set up by former Prime Minister George Papandreou as well as other, even smaller, centre-left groups... party in the process. This development also opens up the possibility that if the process Genimmata
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Athens wrestles with timing of market return, aiming for maximum impact
PoliticsGreek Politicsmoved Greece up a notch from ‘Caa3’ to ‘Caa2’. Standard and Poor’s is due to publish its next... in the build-up to the exit from the programme next August, particularly as the International Monetary Fund’s... out that if market access is rushed, yields will go up after the first trial issue and undermine
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Net job hirings reach 40,599 in six-month
EconomyMacroeconomyseen in February of this year. The share of males among total hirings edged up to 55.5 percent... and tutoring colleges. The aggregate figures for the six-month period indicated net hirings of 255,903, up... (48.3 percent). Part-time and shift work make up 38.1 and 13.7 percent of the total six-month
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Bond issue mulled amid pressure from judiciary clash, Varoufakis claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the Noor 1 drug smuggling case. Parliament was due to debate on Friday whether to set up... into the alternative plans drawn up by the SYRIZA-led government in the first half of 2015. This has been... in the autumn and some extracts have been picked up on by the local media. Although Varoufakis does
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Overdue social security contributions increase 827 mln to 23.3 bln at end of Q2
EconomyMacroeconomyat the end of the second quarter (Q2) of 2017, up from 22.49 billion at the end of the previous... of overdue SSCs in up to 100 installments. Collection The collection of contributions remained above... increased by 13.9 percent. It is noted that revenue collection in 2016 stood at 820.2 million, up
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New overdue tax obligations reach 727 mln in June, total at 95.6 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s new tax debt rose by 727 million euros in June, up slightly from 717 million euros in May... categories rose by 692 million in June, picking up pace from the figure of 599 million in May... at entailing revenues of 28.1 million. Authorities are stepping up confiscations of deposits, wages
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Budget primary surplus at 3.05 bln in 7-month, above target on underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2017, up by 12.4 percent from last year’s figure of 2.72 billion, the Finance Ministry (MoF... in the seven-month period edged up slightly to 968 million from 55 million for the same period last... the target. PIB PIB revenue rebounded after three consecutive weak months, standing at 228 million, up
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