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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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Greece sees travel receipts shoot up by 35.8 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyTourism Enterprises (SETE) stepped up last month its estimate for 2014 international tourist arrivals.... SETE’s latest estimates for travel receipts in 2014 are for a rise of 6.6 percent to 13 billion
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Q2 GDP contraction at 0.3 pct, strong Q3 needed to achieve target of annual growth
EconomyMacroeconomyestimate of -0.2 percent released on August 13. The quarterly figures also indicate... institutions point to a slowdown at -1.8 percent in 2014. In contrast, the more updated estimates
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IMF lowers medium-term forecasts for Greek debt, 2014 financing needs
Economywith those of the Greek government and the European Commission. In contrast, the IMF lowered its estimate.... The IMF’s report unveiled slightly lower estimates for the Greek general government (gg) debt to GDP
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