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Tsipras repeats call for elections with one eye on rising KINAL
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOpposition leader Alexis Tsipras has gone on the offensive against the government’s positive narrative, questioning New Democracy’s record of crisis management and calling for early elections. The SYRIZA president has also signalled the end of the grace...
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Import prices reach one year of contraction with 6.4 pct drop in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s import price index stayed in contraction in January, falling by 6.4 percent year-on-year (YoY), after dropping by 8.7 percent in December, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Thursday. The consecutive ne...
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Producer prices drop 1 pct in Apr, in contraction for over one year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Producer Price Index (PPI) remained in contraction in April, dropping by 1 percent year-on-year (YoY), after falling by 0.1 percent in March, ELSTAT data showed on Thursday. The index has been in contraction since March last year, although some...
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How the pension fund that invested heavily in Attica Bank lost half its reserves
Agora. TSMEDE remains one of the few Greek pension funds, along with TSAY, that still does not run...The Engineers and Public Contractors Pension Fund (TSMEDE) found itself in the spotlight over the last few days as a result of being the major shareholder in Attica Bank, which faced a number
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Self-employed paying less for social security contributions, Labour ministry reports
EconomyFeaturesto consolidate nine separate social security funds into one entity as part of labour market reforms. The data...-employed workers and reports of such workers deregistering from the status of “self-employed” en masse... Engineers and Public Contractors Pension Fund (TSMEDE) fund compared to 64.2 percent in 2017
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Minister discounts lockdowns, vaccine mandate extension amid Covid surge
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot to impose restrictions on Thessaloniki earlier in 2020 as one of the biggest mistakes of his term... limited private sector activities. As such, it would have been a shot in the arm for the contractors
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Tsipras berates govt over treatment of pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politicsideological hang-ups. One of SYRIZA's constant criticisms of the government is that it wants to undermine.... However, the introduction of almost 500 private-sector contractors does not seem to have contributed
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Parties rehearse arguments on social policy as labour law comes to vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsspend more than 40 pct of their income on housing costs, and one in three have overdue debts relating... is that the RRF funds channelled through the new organisation will end up profiting private contractors rather
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Newsletter 373 - 10/03/2023
. A snap survey conducted by “People of Greece” for Kathimerini found that only one in four of those... Minister Kostas Karamanlis which relieved the network operator and its private contractors
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OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move
PoliticsGreek Politicssucceeded in eliciting damaging testimony from key figures implicating at least one of the figures named... clashed with private contractors appointed by Voridis when he refused to approve fraudulent claims
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