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Surveillance scandal produces more damaging revelations for ND
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust as Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in New York for a series of high-level meetings before his address to the United Nations general assembly later this week, the prime minister’s administration was beset by further problems at home as the parliamentary...
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Nov job data delivers worst employment figures on record, as 2022 produces 71,700 fewer places
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance went further into deep negative territory in November, with 83,627 more departures than hires according to data from the Labour Ministry’s Ergani information system. In October, the balance moved into deterioration as there w...
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Labour market reforms did exactly what they were supposed to
Agorain the private sector would need to be significantly reformed, pay rates for overtime work would... allow local pay agreements to set wage growth below sectoral agreements and introduce variable pay... flexible hirings of part-time or shift work, with lower weekly hours and subsequently lower pay gradually
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyprimary surplus for both years was reaffirmed, at 812 million in 2013 and at 2.95 billion in 2014.... Excluding the aforementioned items under EAP rules, gg primary surplus is seen at 812 million (0.4
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Budget execution shows surplus of 811 mln at start of 2014
EconomyMacroeconomy1 billion euros compared to the initial estimate of 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget... the ESA-95 methodology. Thus, the equivalent MoF projection of 812 million under EAP stands at 3.9
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Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
EconomyProgramme: 310 million on March 6, 348 million on March 13 and 581 million on March 16. The last tranche... remaining 310 million relate to 90 percent of HFSF current cash reserves that until the end of 2015
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Greece to pay IMF but concluding negotiations will be a tougher task
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere were no surprises from Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’s meeting with International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde in Washington on Sunday but the government in Athens still faces a challenging few days ahead. Lagarde co...
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Tsipras eyes review conclusion, insists SYRIZA patience will pay off
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured SYRIZA’s political secretariat on Monday that the government will manage to wrap up the third review on time and that better days are on the way for his party. Speaking to SYRIZA officials after the departure of the...
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Alpha Bank turns profitable in Q1 as last year's clean-up efforts pay off
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank reported a net profit of 125 million euros in Q1 2022, compared to a loss of 282 million euros in the same quarter of 2021. In the last quarter of 2021, the net loss was 408.1 million euros, mostly on the back of 551.8 million euros of impair...
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Newsletter 88 - 16/09/2016
of companies are due to pay a higher property tax for this year. The breakdown for individuals showed more than 80 percent are due to pay a tax of less than 500 euros which, added up, corresponds to one-third.... The last bracket includes 1.8 percent of individuals with very large properties who are due to pay
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