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New Democracy turns up heat on Tsipras and Kammenos
PoliticsGreek Politicshas entered a period of extreme polarisation. New Democracy hopes that it will be able to rally... of the support it has lost since 2015 by focussing on the idea of tackling the old political system
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Eurogroup confirms third review almost done but e-auctions still a concern
EconomyProgramme. Athens has already started setting money aside for this purpose, including the 3 billion euros... to the preparations for the post-programme environment as it has repeatedly rejected the politically
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Net job hirings balance negative by 16,542 in January
EconomyMacroeconomyof January has recorded a negative balance for every year since 2001, with the exception of 2014 when... percent) were voluntary. Full-time hirings represented 46.8 percent of the total. The balance has
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Greek health care spending in the spotlight
EconomyFeaturesdeveloped for physicians in line with international practice, and an electronic prescription system has been... that the economy itself has shrunk drastically over the same period. While Greece topped the tables
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Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
EconomyFeaturesData from the Labour Ministry has shown that a higher percentage of non-salaried workers will pay... amount payable has declined year-on-year. The bulletin, which the ministry appears to have launched...-employed workers and reports of such workers deregistering from the status of “self-employed” en masse
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Part-time work, low pay characterise crisis-era job market
SocietyResearch by the Centre of Athens Labour Unions (EKA) has shown that women and young workers were hardest hit by changes in Greece’s post-crisis job market. The research, titled “Living and working... they were in has no connection to their qualifications or what they had studied. Full insurance
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New measures to ease capital controls, lift restrictions on opening bank accounts
EconomyMacroeconomypublished in the government’s gazette. It is the third set of measures that the MoF has announced to relax... of capital controls has been cited as an issue by both the Bank of Greece and the country’s lenders
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Tension between coalition and political opponents here to stay
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor repeatedly suggesting that Greece should seek a precautionary credit line, even though this idea has... on Saturday, but instead upped the stakes by suggesting that the government has been tampering
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Unemployment rate at 20.8 pct in Dec as employed rise by 107,687 in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyOctober 2011 where the total number of unemployed has stayed below the 1-million mark. The overall... month last year, the balance improved by 13,275. The report noted that the month of January has
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Eurobank net profits decline by 22.5 pct in 2017, NPE reduction beats target
EconomyBanking. The report notes that the figure for net profits has been calculated before discontinued operations.... The bond has a conditional pass through structure and is euro denominated. It carries a fixed
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