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  1. Athens aims for November agreement with lenders on pension cuts
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    EconomyProgramme

    to be pressing for the discussions on next year’s pension cuts to be discussed officially, rather than... to raise the tax-free threshold from 2019, rather than 2020 as had been previously agreed. In private... for this subsidy to more than 100 million euros. Once the 2019 excess surplus has been agreed

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  2. 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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  3. Hirings balance negative by 120,087 in October on seasonal movements
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The employment balance turned sharply negative in October with 120,087 more departures than hirings... departures than hirings. The smallest negative balance was observed for those aged 64 and over at 1,359.... In the aggregate period, the employment balance showed 168,282 more hirings than departures. Ergani noted

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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. Budget primary surplus at 7.61 bln in November as expenditure curtailed
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in October. Overall in the year to date, expenditure fell by 1 percent to 42.41 billion, lower than the target by 1.26 billion. PIB PIB revenues came to 169 million in November, higher than the previous month... million in the first eleven months of the year, 1.66 billion better than the target.

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  7. 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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  8. Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
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    Agora

    -binding referendum. However, the 37 percent turnout was lower than the 50 percent threshold... a state that has been recognised as Republic of Macedonia by more than 130 countries agrees to amend... the name it has been using for more than 50 years when it became independent. Is the agreement

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  9. MPs prepare to vote on name deal, although delays are possible
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    deal is expected on Thursday evening, although the fact that more than 200 of 300 MPs have asked... to be little than PASOK under a different name. Gennimata has called for a congress to be held in March... than 10 percent in the national elections, it may now be a case of just surviving and seeing how

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  10. A varied set of views on China
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    favourable than respective views recorded in other European and western countries. Greek citizens... connotations. Both the content and tone of coverage of China-related news are slightly more negative than... and tone of coverage of China-related news are slightly more negative than positive, but by and large

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