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Employment and wage data explains why Greeks struggle to see growth dividends
Agoramedical needs surged to 11.6 pct, far exceeding the EU average of 2.4 pct. Child poverty (28.1 pct... the structural issues of the economy and the labour market as the share of jobs in the secondary sector... in ten believe that the economy is moving in the wrong direction and the economy along with the cost
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Newsletter 379 - 05/05/2023
Court decided on Tuesday to ban far-right Ellines, the party founded by former Golden Dawn MP Ilias... support for Ellines at 3.5 pct for the May 21 elections, placing the far-right party above ultra... of Ellines voters will go to EAN, another far-right party led by former deputy Supreme Court
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Newsletter 451 - 14/02/2025
to populist parties on the far right and far left. Recent opinion polls appear to have given New... support for Course of Freedom, the far left populist party led by Zoe Konstantopoulou, and the nativist far right Voice of Reason led by Afroditi Latinopoulou. New Democracy is ahead on 21.1 pct
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Greece and lenders trap themselves over labour reforms
Agorathat New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has so far presented to Greek voters. Also on the fiscal... 7. However, at least a path to a compromise is visible as far as the fiscal issue is concerned... the start of the crisis, making its labour market far more flexible and bringing down unit labour costs
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Newsletter 178 -12/10/2018
in the last quarter of this year, expecting the Greek economy to grow by 2.2 percent, from 2.7 percent previously, albeit higher than the last quarter of 2017, when the economy grew by 2 percent. Real GDP... November 2011 September’s reading marks six straight months of price rises in the year so far. Greece’s
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More fiscal measures, restrictions on movement mulled by govt as it rides high in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsfar. The Finance Ministry announced on Friday that businesses can now apply for a refund of the tax... of fiscal interventions announced by the government so far. The policies amount to 6.8 billion euros... The drastic impact of the restriction measures on the economy is one of the reasons
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Newsletter 311 - 08/10/2021
revised to 6.1 pct, from 3.6 pct in the MTFS in June, the economy is expected to grow by 4.5 pct... that Greece had to run in 2020 and 2021 to cushion the economy from the pandemic impact reached nearly 34... euros should be anticipated next year.PoliticsMP's ousting fuels concerns about far right’s re
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid, although New Democracy officials have so far played down... insisted that stores would be open over the festive period and the economy would continue to operate... public health while allowing the economy to recover.” The government has taken heart from a recent
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New Democracy leadership headed for showdown with right wing over migrant labour bill
PoliticsGreek Politicsprogressive lawmakers against the far right, highlighting an internal rift within the ruling New Democracy... labour shortages in key sectors of the economy. The proposal has been condemned by the parties of the far right, but has also angered former New Democracy president Antonis Samaras who called
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Athens calibrates domestic and diplomatic response to Iran war as tension with Turkey resurfaces
PoliticsGreek Politicsis facing multi‑front challenge touching defence, diplomacy, domestic security, the economy and Greek... preparing for a conflict that senior officials now warn may last far longer than initially hoped... transmission channel for Greece will be energy prices. A prolonged conflict could push oil far above
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