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SYRIZA lines up more relief measures to entice voters
PoliticsGreek Politicssuffering a crushing defeat next month. Reports on Wednesday suggest that the government is lining up... intentions. In the run-up to the European Parliament vote, which could be defining for the outcome... that affect a wide range of voters, such as the scheme allowing social security debts to be paid in up
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Tsipras, Mitsotakis step up rhetoric ahead of EU vote as polls show little change
PoliticsGreek Politicswill not be allowed back into power. This was summed up in the phrase “Greece of the many, not the elite; Europe..., who is due to officially launch his campaign in Athens on Tuesday. “The far-right does not dress up... to some degree if the government adopts “targeted measures” in the build-up to national elections. Almost
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Overall loan interest rate edges up to 4.68 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomycorporations came to 4.68 percent in August, up 11 basis points (bps) from the rate of 4.57 noted in July... by households remained unchanged at 0.09 percent. For non-financial corporations the rate edged up to 0.14 percent. The average interest rate on deposits from households with an agreed maturity of up to one year
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Parties gear up for clash over escalating migration challenge
PoliticsGreek Politicscircumspect in their public pronouncements in the build-up to the elections this summer. Given... government means that it takes up to 10 years to return a migrant, whereas under the scheme proposed by New Democracy it will take up to 6 months. He accused SYRIZA of engaging in “pseudo-humanitarianism
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Dec CPI up by 0.8 pct yoy as 2019 rise comes in at 0.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin December a year ago. The core index edged up by 0.7 percent in December, from 1 percent in November... prices were up by 0.3 percent, led by higher prices for meat, milk, cheese and fruits. Clothing was also up by 0.5 percent. Prices in restaurants increased by 0.9 percent. These were partially offset
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ND vies for more support on migration, gets tangled up in football controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsamong member states as the EU prepares to draw up a new agreement on migration. Mitsotakis is due... up against complaints from local authorities and residents in mainland areas where asylum seekers... up to change the law so that PAOK and Xanthi are not relegated, but may just suffer a points
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Travel balance surplus up by 10.9 pct in 2019 as 31.3 mln visitors roll in
EconomyMacroeconomyduring the month to 692,200 visitors, while the average expenditure per trip edged up by a slight 0.7... percent YoY, while flows from outside the EU28 were up by 6 percent. During all of 2019, travel receipts... down by 0.2 percent to 2.96 billion. Revenues from French visitors were up by 14.5 percent to 1.09
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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsoutbreak sources being discovered. Authorities are wary that due to Easter coming up on Sunday... risen to 98 (average age: 72), while the number of cases was up to 2,114. Of those 76 people... new arrivals in quarantine for 14 days and that an emergency plan is being drawn up to deal
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General govt primary cash surplus down to 774 mln in March, arrears up by 195 mln
EconomyMacroeconomypercent of the total, tax refunds make up the majority of arrears during the month, followed by SSFs... came to 33.83 billion euros in March and made up 9.4 percent of the total. In other underlying categories, a rise of 405 million euros was seen in T-bills, making up 3 percent of the total. EFSF/ESM
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Satisfied with reform commitment and pandemic response, EC wraps up sixth post-MoU review
EconomyProgrammespecific reform commitments by Greece in six key areas up to mid-2022. The report is based... of the next review, the Commission urges the authorities to engage the necessary resources and step up... include the new insolvency code. Progressing the mid-2020 commitments, combined with follow-up
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