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Newsletter 198 -15/03/2019
servicing their mortgages during this two-month period in expectation of a new framework to replace... 5-year issue roughly a month ago. The PDMA notes that the new 5-year has performed well during its... number of permits came to 1,181. During 2018, permits issued rose by 10.3 percent to 15,325
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PM to oversee tweaks to tax bill as constitutional revision enters final round
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader Alexis Tsipras led the leftist party’s block during the march on Sunday. The police estimated... must decide whether to make any changes. During the consultation period, the bill attracted... stage after being launched during the previous Parliament. The vote on the proposed changes
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Parties step up battle for voters in election home stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicsjournalists and set out his party’s positions. During the part shown on Greek TV, he insisted... years during which the economy has been on a growth trajectory despite several severe, exogenous... to the strike by railway unionists. This is not the first time during this campaign that Skertsos has
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Mitsotakis primes public opinion for potential compromise with Turkey
PoliticsGreek Politics. This was the key takeaway from Mitsotakis interview on Skai TV, during which he also pledged to do... that there will be a deal. Government matters During the interview, Mitsotakis played down apparent teething problems... tax evasion, accepting that it is a major social injustice. The issue came up during the election
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PM inspects flood damage hoping to rescue stricken government
PoliticsGreek Politics90,000 hectares of land being burned in the Evros region during the recent wildfire. The floods have claimed seven lives so far. Mitsotakis wanted to make it clear during his visit to Karditsa that he... summer for his government during the weeks that followed its comfortable re-election in July
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Foreign policy tops political agenda as relations with Greece's neighbours come under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSiljanovska-Davkova, refused to use the country’s constitutional name during her swearing-in ceremony.... In fact, during his speech, Rama praised the Greek PM and called for good relations between the two... Rama from holding the event. During his five years in power, Mitsotakis has polled well on foreign
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Government hopes new affordable homes bill can help alleviate housing pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring his speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday. Vanishing affordability Greece’s... Israelis compared to 260 during the same period last year. This influx of capital has fuelled... supply to cover this shortfall. Social impact During the current government’s time in office, the housing
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Unemployment closes 2013 with new high of 27.5 pct in last quarter
EconomyMacroeconomyunemployment estimate consisted one of the key assumptions of the baseline scenario for Bank of Greece..., the manufacturing sector at 9.2 percent and the education sector at 8.1 percent. The latest estimates of both
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Accommodation and food services index rises by 44.9 pct in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyin 2013. Following these developments, SETE has recently increased its estimate for international... first became available. The numbers for Q1 supports the official estimates calling for another strong
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BoG sees encouraging signs for Greek economy but warns on reforms
Economypositive in 2014 at 1 percent of GDP lower than its previous estimate of 2 percent. The key contributor... Finance Minister next week. The central bank reiterates its previous estimates outlined in its
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