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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe European Parliament vote by around 9 percentage points, which was a much wider margin than SYRIZA...). This gap of more than 9 points was at the outer edge of what opinion polls had indicated over the last... missed three key targets in these elections, which were to get more than 25 percent of the vote
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SYRIZA seeks to recover from election shock, ND prepares for power
PoliticsGreek Politicspercent of the vote, almost 9.5 points less than New Democracy, was well below the government’s... that government officials expected to lose to New Democracy by no more than 3 or 4 points. A lot... greater allegiance within his party and have more room to manoeuvre than had been expected until now
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Newsletter 211 -21/06/2019
than 70 percent) are standing for the first time. Their average age is 49 and 43 percent are women.... The employment balance was positive in Μay with 105,284 more hirings than departures, data from the Labour..., there were 3,441 fewer hirings than firings in May 2019. Total hirings came to 323,524 versus
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June employment balance positive by 31,407
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive in June with 31,407 more hirings than departures, data from... of 1,910 was noted. Compared to the same month last year, there were 2,213 fewer hirings than... there were 35,628 more hirings than departures. A negative balance was noted for those aged 30-44 years
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Strong investor demand for 7-year bond, yield settles at record low of 1.9 pct
Economytime in London having accumulated orders of more than 13 billion euros and the reorder yield... at 2.5 billion. Orders and allocations The transaction received more than 335 distinct orders with broad... at 14.5 percent. Insurance and pension funds participation more than doubled to 9 percent, from 4 percent
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ND sees first tax cuts as fair, hopes to build case for lower fiscal targets
PoliticsGreek Politics, pointing to the 10 percent reduction in ENFIA for properties worth more than 1 million euros. SYRIZA submitted an amendment proposing no reduction for properties worth more than 500,000 euros. The cuts... of taxpayers own properties worth more than 1 million euros. Vesyropoulos gave examples of how much
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Overdue social security contributions decrease slightly to 35.11 bln in Q2
EconomyMacroeconomycontinuous quarter. Until the end of 2016, KEAO was fed by overdue contributions of more than 5,000 euros... less than 15,000 euros each for an aggregate amount of 3.85 billion euros (11 percent of the total... in Q2 from 312.3 million in Q1. The current quarter’s figure is 50 percent lower than
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August employment balance positive by 3,111
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance turned positive in August with 3,111 more hirings than firings, data from..., there were 10,859 more hirings than firings in August 2019. The data showed that August’s positive balance... there were 6,579 more hirings than firings. This was followed by those aged 30-44 with a positive balance
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Tax cuts spearhead Mitsotakis's message in Thessaloniki
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan being included in the 2020 budget being drafted by the Finance Ministry. One of the most...’ reservations) at around 8,500 euros, and the income tax rate for those earning less than 10,000 euros... than expected on reducing the ENFIA property tax by an average of 22 percent for homeowners. Mitsotakis
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Budget primary surplus at 2.90 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomy, higher than the target by 2.74 billion euros or 8.2 percent. The full revenue breakdown will be provided... to 2.98 billion euros in the aggregate period, higher than their target by 319 million euros. Compared..., and standing 8.8 percent higher than for the same time last year. Expenditure Primary expenditure came
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