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Athens details fiscal counter-measures, a vital selling point for Tsipras The expansionary counter-measures designed to balance the new fiscal interventions that Greece will have to implement, initially outlined by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos at a press conference after Friday’s Eurogroup, were detailed in a report published by the Athens News Agency (AMNA) on Sunday.
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Poverty rate jumped by over 40 pct during crisis, more than anywhere in EU Greece saw its rate of poverty increase by more than 40 percent during the economic crisis, the highest jump in any EU state, according to a new German study that measures poverty in a “multidimensional” way.
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Pensions main source of finance for half of households as income falls again The inequality fuelled by the Greek crisis expanded even further in 2016, with three-quarters of households reporting that they were worse off quantitatively and qualitatively than before and with just under half of them claiming that they rely on pensions as their main source of income.
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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet Just over three-quarters of the Greek workforce says it struggles to make ends meet, a rate more than double the EU average, according to a report by Eurofound, an EU agency that studies living and working conditions.
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During crisis, proportion of Greeks in extreme poverty has risen almost seven times to 15 pct The percentage of Greek citizens living in extreme poverty increased from 2.2 to 15 percent – an increase of 580 percent – between 2009 and 2015, a new study that digs deeper into poverty statistics in Greece has found.
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Poverty risk rate in Greece hits high of 36 pct in 2014 The percentage of Greece’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2014 during the Samaras government reached a record high of 36 percent, marking the highest increase in the entire EU since 2008, data released by the EU’s statistical arm on Friday showed.
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At risk of poverty/social exclusion rate in Greece edged up to 36 pct in 2013 The percentage of the Greek population at risk of poverty or social exclusion continued to rise in 2013, reaching 36 percent, up from 35.7 percent in 2012, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority on Wednesday.
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Third of Greek households trapped in debt and poverty, study suggests Over a third of Greek homes are mired in poverty and debt, largely due to disposable incomes nose-diving below the poverty line and the pilling up of household bills, a survey from a country’s largest small- and medium business association has found.
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In Greece, number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion rises to 3.9 mln in 2013 Greece climbed to third place in the EU’s poverty tables in 2013, data released by the EU’s statistical arm on Tuesday showed.
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Percentage of Greeks at risk of poverty or social exclusion edges up to 35.7 The 2013 survey on income and living conditions in Greece released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Monday revealed that 23.1 percent of the population was at risk of poverty in 2013.