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Budget primary confirms deficit of 9.06 bln in July, beating target
EconomyMacroeconomyeuros which was 723 million euros lower than its monthly target. State budget total revenues stood at 29.5 billion euros for the first seven months, lower than the target by 651 million euros, or 2.2 percent. Tax refunds came to 2.49 billion euros, lower than the target by 15 million euros. Broken
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Spurred by rising employment, Q2 unemployment drops to 10-year low of 15.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyto be employed if the suspension period is less than three months or if they receive more than 50 percent.... Alarmingly, the largest portion, 181,700, has not worked for more than four years. Most of the employed
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Stalled vaccination campaign emerges as biggest headache amid fourth wave warnings
PoliticsGreek Politicsthree weeks of September daily vaccination appointments averaged around 30,000 – less than a third... 80 pct of those aged 60-80, well below the European average. Meanwhile, fewer than one in 10... that localised efforts have yielded better results than the centralised approach applied to date. Bogdanos
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Rival economic plans leave voters unimpressed amid uncertainty over new Covid surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe centrist voters who were targeted by both leaders in their speeches than Tsipras, with the leaders... vaccination. The poll found that more than half the 11 pct of respondents who claimed... to the highest priority groups, vaccination centres are still administering fewer than a third the number
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August sees first negative hirings balance of year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance in August turned negative as there were 9,875 more departures than... the first month of 2021 with more departures than hirings. Total hirings in August came to 183,068 versus..., all other groups were negative with the largest at the 15-24 group with 7,608 more firings than
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SYRIZA squeezes govt over relationship with media
PoliticsGreek Politicsasked the government to explain why this publication received more than the larger and more widely... aim to make SYRIZA, rather than New Democracy, the social democratic grouping’s main opponent. His... interlocutor for KINAL than SYRIZA. Many observers believe that a KINAL led by Loverdos could
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Newsletter 327 - 11/02/2022
escalating popularity, more than doubling its share of voting intentions since October. During the same... for population, Greece is currently reporting more than twice as many deaths as the EU average. PM... into February. This means the government has committed more than 2 billion euros to help consumers pay
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High prices top list of political concerns as dissatisfaction bubbles under surface
PoliticsGreek Politics, meaning there has been a decline of more than five points in the last seven months. The recent... for ND and 17.2 pct for SYRIZA. The main opposition party, though, is much stronger than KINAL among... interests. No institution in Greece, from 18 listed, garners more than 50 pct trust. The list is topped
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Unemployment broadly unchanged at 13.2 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomyin Q4, decreasing by 1.6 percent compared to the previous quarter and 4.5 percent higher than... percent. The number of long-term unemployed (more than 1 year) came to 399,200 people, representing 64.7... than four years. Most of the employed are working as employees (68.9 percent), while a significant
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PM yields on energy windfall tax as govt feels strain
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat their personal financial situation is worse than last year. A total of 68 pct of respondents (1 point higher than last month and 11 points higher than November) believe that the government
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