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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsin less than a year that the government has stepped in to lower the fees charged by Greek banks, which..., which has been accused of tolerating cartel-like behaviour by banks, as well as supermarkets and energy companies. This is the second instance in which PASOK has managed to score points against New
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Newsletter 473 - 01/08/2025
on holding power at any cost.” Despite the backlash, the motion was passed with support from New... a dual purpose: protecting his administration and striking back at PASOK, which has climbed to second..., after a sharp 41.3 pct annual drop seen in March. This has taken the number of permits during
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Athens claims Ankara meeting smoothed relations despite lack of progress on key issues
PoliticsGreek Politics. The two sides remain at odds on a series of issues, and relations have been in a holding pattern... that the relationship has been normalised to the extent that it will allow future tensions to be defused... the government. In the latest development, the chief government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has been condemned
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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
participation in T-Bill rollovers. Since late April, the ECB has increased the ELA cap by 6.1... of June. Since the ELA liquidity buffer for Greek banks has remained stable at 3 billion over the past 6... billion, the reliance of Greek banks on the Eurosystem has peaked to 121.5 billion, corresponding
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Unemployment creeps up to 27.6 pct in July; little tourism boost evident
![en_GB Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/10/10/unemployment_1000_myrto_1010-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
EconomyMacroeconomyof people that dropped out of the labour force has pushed the rate marginally higher. According to the data... with a rate of 31.1 percent compared to 25 percent for males. Youth unemployment has moderated to 55.1 percent...The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July edged marginally higher to 27.6 percent from 27.5
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Greece near top of EU charts for proportion of population over 65 and 80
Society. Greece, along with Italy, now has the third lowest birth rate in the EU after Germany and Portugal...Greece has the second highest proportion of its population over the age of 80, according to data... people (23.1 percent) over 65 in Greece in 2013, the seventh highest rate in the European Union (after
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Unemployment down slightly to 24.6 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 24.6 percent in November from an upward... the 3.5-million mark, employment has gained 122,600 jobs, while the number of unemployed has contracted.... The unemployment rate among men decreased at a faster pace compared to that among women over the last 12 months
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Births rise slightly, divorces fall in latest living conditions report
SocietyThe latest report on living conditions in Greece by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has... compared to 31 percent in 2013, although the current rate is markedly worse than the healthy years rate of 52 percent noted in 2006. Since 2006, healthy life years for men in Greece have fallen by 17
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New tax debt at 6.95 bln to Nov, down by 28.2 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomythe Independent Authority of Public Revenues (IAPR) has shown. The aggregate figure for the first..., bringing the total to 6.47 billion euros compared to 5.82 billion in October. The VAT collectability rate..., the VAT collectability rate came to 83.4 percent, with 9.94 billion paid out of 11.92 billion due
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Unemployment rises to 18.3 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate came to 18.3 percent in June from an upward... on Thursday. For the same time last year, the unemployment rate came to 17.1 percent. In June, employment..., unemployment has declined by 38 percent. The overall labour force came to 4.58 million in June, rising
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