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  1. Rise of small parties creates pre- and post-election complications
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , led by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, could get over the 3 pct threshold for electing MPs... to 6.7 pct, but Greek Solution is projected to rise by half a point to 5 pct. Niki is expected to get... would have the votes he needs to get legislation through the House, the fringe parties would have

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  2. Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . State Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis, who is one of Mitsotakis’s closest aides, is expected to get... PASOK is expected to elect 32 MPs and win up to 13 pct. The other parties that will get... Solution with 11 and Niki with 9. There is a possibility that two more parties could get

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  3. Seasonal jobs bring down Q2 unemployment to 26.6 pct but long-term jobless rising
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    is the first reading below the 27-percent mark since Q4 2012. Note that the figures provided... readings remained above the 27-percent mark within Q2. The YoY improvement by 1.2 percentage points (pp... million from 1.33 million last year. The figure for unemployed fell below the 1.3-million mark

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  4. Greek jobless rate dips below 26 pct in August for first time in two years
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    Economy

    fell below the 26-percent mark for the first time since August 2012. In contrast, the non-seasonally... a MoM contraction above the 1-percent mark for the third straight month, while that of employed... was posted in May at 59.7 percent. Female unemployment fell below the 30-percent mark for the first

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  5. Greek stocks and bond yields recover on hopes of deal with eurozone

    Economy

    mark closing at 826.31, trimming the post-elections losses to 1.7 percent. The high-beta bank.... The daily turnover surpassed the 100-million-euro mark reaching 142 million today after a short...), falling below the 20-percent mark to 19.2 percent. The yield in the 5-year GGB fell by 1.5 pp

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  6. Greek stocks, bond yields show effects of worsening mood regarding country's prospects
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    Economy

    . Turnover remained below the 100-million mark for the second straight session and settled at 97 million... bond (GGB) yields. The 3-year GGB yield remained firmly above the 20-percent mark for the second... of the 5-year GGB increased by 0.67 pp above the 15-percent mark and landed at 15.06 percent. The 10-year

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  7. Newsletter 131 - 8/9/2017

    Newsletters

    Achtsioglou told reporters in Athens on Wednesday that such reports are wide of the mark... million euros to stand at 5.44 billion. Arrears remained above the 5-billion euro mark for a third... in July to end the month at 48.65 billion, below the 50-billion euro mark for the first time this year

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  8. Jobless rate falls to 10.2 pct in Mar amid expectations for strong tourism
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate moved closer to the 10-percent mark again.... Although the jobless rate did not manage to hold below the 10-percent mark, these are Greece’s lowest... by 115,672 people, with total employment staying well above the four-million mark, at roughly 4.33 million

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  9. From soup kitchens to school meals, demand for welfare in Athens is surging
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    Society

    , including soup kitchens, and the findings of its report provide further cause for concern about the social... the soup kitchens have started doing so in the last six months. Furthermore, 76 percent of those... per month. Six in 10 of those who attend at least one of the two soup kitchens a day are aged

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  10. Tech start-ups click into place to fight off Greek recession
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    Society

    on the global market and start-ups have been able to get a foothold in the local market. Upstream Systems...) and launch entrepreneurial schemes that required limited financing to get off the ground. Since they need only a small amount of funding to start, they are usually able to get this from angel investors

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