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Unemployment for Feb comes to 18.5 pct
EconomyMacroeconomylast year, the unemployment rate came to 20.6 percent. Unemployment has continued to slowly fall over.... Between October 2018 to February 2019, the rate has hovered around 18.5 and 18.6 percent. During... million unemployed in September 2013, unemployment has declined by around 35.3 percent. The overall
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Strong showing in local elections for ND as it targets majority in national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsa sidekick to SYRIZA. Several officials loyal to Venizelos, who has been an MP since 1989, also announced.... Gennimata has been accused by some critics of adopting “equal distances” between the two main parties... Samaras between 2012 and 2015. There has been speculation that the split between KINAL and Venizelos
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Greeks mistrust in news and reliance on social media for information persists
Societyin various countries, has highlighted the fractured nature of Greeces' news landscape and how... broadcaster ERT for five months. Meanwhile, Syriza has boycotted the private broadcaster SKAI since the summer of 2018. The ongoing decline in the country’s print media has continued, the report noted
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East Med concerns not slowing up election campaign as ND plans for office
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAthens on Tuesday evening. He has largely avoided such public appearances during the current campaign... to the latest developments and the KYSEA meeting. He argued that Tsipras no longer has a mandate... of candidates. Public law professor Giorgos Gerapetritis, who has reportedly played a key role
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ND to highlight range of policy proposals after emphasis on tax cuts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe strong focus the centre-right has placed on the economy, and particularly tax cuts, over the past... that Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras has highlighted as an obstacle to growth. “We envision... have noted that KINAL has recently turned to former PASOK figures to join its ticket and has
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Card usage gains traction with debit cards leading the way, BoG finds
EconomyBankingThe Bank of Greece’s (BoG) latest overview of the Greek financial system has shown that the rate of card use among businesses and individuals has steadily increased over recent years. According... were debit cards. The split between debit and credit cards has remained relatively stable over
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Mitsotakis sets goals for first days in office after July 7 elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat there has to be a “strong hand on the wheel” if the country is going to change quickly... Movement for Change (KINAL) has already indicated it might back such a move but the two parties’ votes... doused speculation that he would take a cabinet post, along with the premiership. There has been
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Mitsotakis earns space to govern with big win, Tsipras limits damage
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the clear majority means that Mitsotakis has won the political space he needs to implement his programme... break. Mitsotakis has also pledged that the hiring of 1,500 extra police officers and the signing... that Tsipras’s leadership of the party will not be challenged. In fact, he has a strong base to work from
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ND puts changes in education and justice system high on agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsfronts. The centre-right party believes that it has to make a number of interventions in both areas... important area for the new government. Here, SYRIZA has also been accused of making interventions... the judicial system. The government has made no secret of its desire to make changes to the new criminal
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Bid for better use of digital tools likely to have decisive impact on ND's goals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhile the immediate focus since New Democracy came to power has been on the first three bills... and beyond. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appointed Kyriakos Pierrakakis, the former research... noted how much ground Greece has to cover by referencing the latest Digital Economy and Society Index
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