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The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
Agoradelivered light drizzle rather than a deluge. Also, Tsipras has had to implement the same kind of policies that scuppered his predecessors’ chances of survival. He held on longer than they did, but tax... 2015, he obtained a fresh mandate to implement the third programme, rather than the aspirational
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Newsletter 213 -07/01/2019
by Pulse, the centre-right party would have more than 151 seats in all the possible scenarios... to be bolder in his cabinet and policy choices, rather than being wary of maintaining delicate balances... of insured employees earn less than 818.07 euros gross per month. The report showed that the average
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National Bank first to test market waters in post-election afterglow
Economythan the initial guidance, after investors put in bids for more than three times that amount on sale... market last year. Still, such sales are little more than sticking plasters on the gaping wound... Zavvos is a lawyer with more than two decades of experience working for the European Commission
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Newsletter 216 -26/07/2019
million owners of property worth less than 60,000 euros will see a 30 The Finance Ministry hopes... taxpayers, and 10 percent for the 14,706 people who own property worth more than 1 million euros..., the European Commission estimated that this year’s primary surplus would be no higher than 2.5
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July employment balance turns negative by 14,691 after five straight months of positive data
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance turned negative in July with 14,691 more firings than hirings, data from... of positive balances. Compared to the same month last year, there were 6,081 fewer hirings than... aged 30-44 years, where there were 23,543 more firings than hirings. This was followed by those aged
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Newsletter 218 -06/09/2019
related to investment, growth and reforms rather than the touch subject of fiscal targets. In all... and operate a casino on the site. He also pledged to invest more than 1 billion euros. On the back... balance turned positive in August with 3,111 more hirings than firings, data from the Labour Ministry’s
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Deaths continue to outpace births in latest demographic warning
Societydeaths. However, the number of deaths of infants aged less than one year came to 300, raising slightly the infant mortality rate (number of deaths of infants aged less than one year per 1,000 live births) from 3.46 in 2017 to 3.47 in 2018. Overall, there were 33,857 more deaths than live births in 2018
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Parties gear up for clash over escalating migration challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe Aegean crossings. More than 1,000 migrants have arrived on Lesvos, Chios and Samos this week... than its capacity. The pressing nature of the situation on Lesvos and other islands has placed... a migrant, rather than a refugee, crisis. The implication of the statement is that the majority
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Newsletter 222 -04/10/2019
back 10,000 people by the end of 2020, compared to less than 2,000 during the 4.5 years SYRIZA... spokesman Stelios Petsas said that New Democracy view is that Greece is facing a migrant, rather than... from economic migrants, rather than facilitating people fleeing war or other forms of danger. However
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PM outlines social dividend plans as Tsipras points way for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty might be deemed more miserly than SYRIZA as far as handouts are concerned and because the Greek... have over the last few months claimed publicly that Greece is facing a migration, rather than... than anything said by members of the government so far. Samaras claimed again that the reason
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