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Trade deficit rises by 70.7 pct in April, mainly due to base effect
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s trade deficit rose by 70.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) in April compared to an increase of 26.6 percent in March, data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) released on Monday showed. The deficit came to 1.84 billion euros for the mon...
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Newsletter 54 - 04/12/2015
operating conditions for local manufacturers. Manufacturing production decreased in November, mainly... claimed preparations were under way to exclude Greece from the border-free Schengen Area because... countries that are in a much more beneficial position seem to have been given a free ride. Tsipras
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EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
Agorathe lenders’ (second) programme. Unable to target the creditors, the conservative leader turned his fire... as well as a 1,000-euro increase in the tax-free threshold for each child born into a household...’s increase in the tax-free threshold for incomes, which the International Monetary Fund says
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Promises, promises
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Agorahe did pledge to hire 1,500 police officers immediately and not to fire any of the serving civil.... That’s not accurate either. He pledged, for instance, a 1,000-euro increase in the tax-free... of the planned reduction in the tax-free threshold due next year. Given that it wants to reduce
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European Commission's travel guidance brings some optimism for Greek tourism sector
PoliticsGreek Politics. On Wednesday the Commission urged Europeans to return to “unrestricted free movement” in the wake... for airlines to keep middle seats free, a proposal that airlines had resisted as uneconomical... for border opening and to avoid restrictions on free movement that could be seen as discriminatory
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Govt announces stricter measures for unvaccinated to curb autumn pandemic wave
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take effect would apply only to the unvaccinated. The minister argued that the availability of free... the end of free Covid tests for unvaccinated citizens. Instead, unvaccinated public and private sector... will be limited to school pupils, while the kits will continue to be provided free of charge only
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ND prepares first three bills for votes before Parliament's summer recess
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat victims of the fire would receive free medical care and medicines. The government also vowed... was heavily criticised for its handling of the fire, with New Democracy leading the accusations
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Government presses ahead with legislative work by delivering on some economic pledges
PoliticsGreek Politicsbegan. There will also be an increase of 1,000 euros in the tax-free threshold from next year... Copernicus mapping system, almost 3,500 hectares of land was burnt in eastern Attica by a fire earlier..., though, argue that the response from the fire service was not sufficient.
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U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Agoraextreme, commentators expect bilateral relations to head for a free fall. At the other, pundits argue... to hold its fire as long as possible, though it may have to hit back in the end. China’s retaliation... Washington and Beijing. Technology will definitely be a line of fire between the two powers, artificial
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Buckling under pressure of Mati death toll, Tsipras searches for corrective actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsdevasted by last Monday’s fire, on Monday morning without any TV cameras present. His visit came... strategy last week. The government’s efforts to manage the message after the fire, such as a press conference involving ministers with the chiefs of fire and police, seemed confused and ill-advised
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