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Lull in review talks gives PM chance to mind domestic agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsupbeat over the prospect of completing the review by the end of the year even though more than 70 prior... points, while SYRIZA saw a 0.6-point decline. The survey also indicated that the majority of Greeks... back this idea rather than the government’s proposal for some form of handout. Also, 75.6 percent
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Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
Societyin 2017 versus 39 percent in 2009) than it is for those with higher education (29 percent in 2017... and 2016, university graduates saw a significant drop in employment in the public sector, while... euros higher than the average monthly salary in the private sector. Recommendations IOBE concludes
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Banks try to build on growing confidence
EconomyBankingat roughly 35 percent of all loans by the end of next year. Moody’s saw the bank’s capital at comfortable... will support the country’s four banks in managing the NPEs of more than 300 Greek SMEs through... percent to 37.2 billion from Q2 2017 until the end of 2019, higher than the previous target by 2.2
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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek Politics, SYRIZA increased its support by 8 points, while ND saw a rise of 6.5 points in its support. Movement... and exit polls indicated that SYRIZA would gain less than 30 percent of the vote. The result means... with KINAL rather than taking a more radical approach. He will have noticed that when added together
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Mitsotakis buoyed by poll ratings, boost to growth narrative
PoliticsGreek Politicsby what he saw. According to Kathimerini, he also suggested that some Greek products, such as olive oil... reforms and privatisations, would very probably imply lower, rather than higher public debt,” he... boosting growth and improving debt sustainability. In such a benign scenario, higher growth rates than
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New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
PoliticsGreek Politicswith more than 33 years of insurance. Another element of the bill will be the permanent support mechanism..., including ELSTAT’s upward revision of Q1 growth, better-than-expected state revenues, a reduction... 2.7 bln euros of IMF loans ahead of schedule this year, a move that the government saw as a key part
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ND under attack from all sides over handling of football wrangle
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Mitsotakis and his government. Judging by Wednesday’s coverage, which saw the government’s... that could have consequences that are more far-reaching than might initially seem likely for such an issue... on these matters than SYRIZA, this week’s developments, have been a disappointment.
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Newsletter 251 -22/05/2020
in tax revenues than many experts fear, it would also lead to the government having to spend less... than 9 in 10 respondents were in favour of strict health checks on travellers, a measure... needs remain low over the coming years, and despite the temporary turmoil of mid-March that saw
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Industrial production down by 4.9 pct YoY in May but picks up from previous month
EconomyMacroeconomyalso saw a marginal drop of 0.2 percent. During the first six months of 2020, the IPI fell by 4.4... of decline was slower than April's record, it was nonetheless much faster than the series average
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PM prepares for low key policy speech as poll suggests support for govt still high
PoliticsGreek Politicssources say that Mitsotakis’s speech will be shorter than is usually the case for Greek PM’s at TIF... party saw its support rise from 6 to 7 pct. The trend that applies to the two leading parties is replicated when it comes to their leaders. The ratings of Kyriakos Mitsotakis are much higher than
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