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PM pledges water reform in bid to avert scarcity crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicscentralized oversight. The new national strategy marks a clear departure from that model, signalling... heavy rainfall in 2024. The government has committed to tripling its annual water investment, up to 6
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PASOK seeks to carve out own space as Mitsotakis speech dominates agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is hoping to follow the long build-up to this Saturday’s speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair with a public relations blitz as it strives... drain and revitalising Greece’s regions. Androulakis proposed a new regional development model
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New migration law passes amid questions over Chios tragedy
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor legal migration. The government argues the package creates a “modern and effective” model... schemes with countries including India, Bangladesh and Egypt are being scaled up, though industry
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Industrial production up 1.1 pct in Jan, first consecutive rise since Aug 2007
EconomyMacroeconomythe 3.3 percent drop posted in 2012. The moderate growth in January stems from a rise of 2 percent... production counterbalancing a drop in water supply production by 2.8 percent. The main industrial groups... percent) recorded the highest drop.
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Car registrations continue to rise; up by 9.1 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyfigure for the four-month period exhibited a double-digit rise (+18.7 percent) compared to a drop... percent in each of the preceding three years. Overall, car registrations posted a cumulative sharp drop... percent in 2014, yet at a slower pace compared to the 6 percent drop recorded last year. Consumer
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Greek trade deficit up by 21.9 pct in May as exports sink further
EconomyMacroeconomyincreased 9.5 percent to 8.84 billion. This stems from a slight drop in imports by 0.7 percent... an increase of 7.5 percent, while exports recorded a slower drop at 4.9 percent. As a result, the underlying... lower demand from the eurozone. However, IOBE forecasts exports of goods to remain stagnant or drop
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Greek deflation shoots up to 1.7 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomyto September mainly reflecting a drop in housing (-4.6 percent), health (-2.9 percent) and transport..., alcoholic beverages and tobacco, displayed an increase (+2 percent). On the flipside, the highest drop... to be revised following a shaper drop in prices in 2014.
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Building activity up by 6.2 pct in April for third straight rise
EconomyMacroeconomy, surface and volume recorded a drop by 6.3 and 3.6 percent respectively following a strong rise by more... a slower lower drop (-3.5 percent), while volume exhibited a modest growth of 1.3 percent over... in Central Macedonia (+25.8 percent) and Thessaly (+18 percent). In contrast, the biggest drop was posted
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Disposable income up by 2.6 pct in Q1 for highest reading since 2009
EconomyMacroeconomy, each coupled with a significant drop in the payments of current taxes on income and wealth by 18.6... figure of 12.66 billion euros in Q1 implies a drop by 27 percent over the last six years.... This corresponds to a decline by almost 22 percent since Q1 2009, mainly reflecting a sharp drop
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Wages index edges up 0.4 pct in Q4 of 2015
EconomyMacroeconomyafter a revised drop of 0.5 percent in Q3, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT... has dropped by 26.5 percent. For the private sector, the notable drop over this 5-year period...) and administrative and support service activities (+11.6 percent). In contrast, three sectors showed a drop
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