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Capital controls to ease further from the beginning of September
EconomyMacroeconomyIndividuals will be able to withdraw a lump sum of up to 1,800 euros per calendar month from September 1 as part of government moves to further relax the capital controls in place since 2015..., or 1,680 across a total of 28 days. Additionally, from September 1, it will be possible to withdraw up
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Net job hirings slow to 7,242 in July, lowest since January
EconomyMacroeconomyedged up to 57.9 percent in July from 55.5 percent in the previous month, while that for departures..., up by 9,200 from last year’s figure of 253,945. This year’s figure is the highest reading since
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Privatisation plan inches along as groups express interest in DESFA
EconomyProgrammemonths up to August 2018 when the current bailout programme ends, according to latest reports... make up more than 92 percent of the privatisation proceeds envisaged in this five-year period
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Public sector evaluation and hirings in the spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicscome up against a brick wall in its efforts to conduct the evaluation. According to Kathimerini... that it is hiring 2,868 medical staff for the Local Health Units that it is creating as part of a shake-up
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SYRIZA tests PASOK waters with talk of possible alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment, maybe even the chance of leading it if the numbers add up and the election winner can be cast... it into the next Parliament if current opinion polls are accurate, is not enough. Equally, if SYRIZA ends up
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Coalition faces demanding September on reform, fiscal and economic fronts
PoliticsGreek Politicsif the coalition is going to live up to its goal of completing the review as quickly as possible.... The latter has to be followed up in November by a major reform of the family benefit system as well
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Eurobank records 40 mln net profits in Q2 and third quarter of negative NPE formation
EconomyBankingto 44.1 percent in Q2 from 45 percent in Q1, while the NPE coverage ratio edged up to 51.1 percent from... Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio edged up by 10 basis points (bps) QoQ to 17.4 percent in Q2. The disposal
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Centre-left leadership candidates step forward as unity doubts linger
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor stepping forward. This is already a much more crowded line-up than had initially been expected... to pay up to 4 euros to cast their ballot. The committee is said to also be looking
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Tsipras looks forward and puts emphasis on growth, MoU exit
PoliticsGreek Politicsmanaged to turn “Grexit” into “Grinvest.” This motto summed up the tone of Tsipras’s speech... to subsidise the hiring of first-time workers up to the age of 34, with the state covering part
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Net job hirings turn negative by 14,402 in August to highest aggregate figure on record
EconomyMacroeconomyamong total hirings edged up to 57.5 percent in August from 57.9 percent in the previous month...-month period point to net hirings of 248,743, up by 10,926 from last year’s figure of 237,817
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