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ND divided over arrogance in its ranks, as well as fuel costs and farm payments
With Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on an extended US visit, New Democracy MPs and ministers have spent the past days contradicting one another in public, amid polling suggesting that economic announcements have failed to rally support.
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PM launches tech “investment marathon” in US as fuel prices dominate domestic agenda
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has turned a five-day US trip built around the UN General Assembly into what Greek officials are billing as an investment marathon, aimed at recasting Greece's image from a traditional tourism destination into a base for high-technology and AI-related capital.
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Travel receipts grew 7.2% YoY in July despite drop in arrivals
Greece's travel balance recorded a surplus of 4.31 billion euros in July, compared to 3.12 billion euros in June, according to data released by the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Tuesday.
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GSI tensions and defence moves raise stakes in Greek–Turkish relations
Turkey’s renewed warnings towards Greece are increasingly being viewed in Athens not as isolated bursts of rhetoric, but as part of a broader shift in a relationship that in recent years has operated under a carefully managed - and always fragile - calm.
ELAS builds party machinery, stokes row over heating oil as Kasidiaris targets comeback
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/09/29/parliamentfence_1000_myrto2909-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Mitsotakis facing up to challenging autumn as majority momentum fails to materialise
Economy
Current account turns to surplus in July thanks to services, tourism
Greece’s current account deficit went to a surplus of 218.5 million euros, from a deficit of 602.8 million euros in the previous month, Bank of Greece (BoG) data released on Monday showed.
Scope raises rating to 'BBB+' as Moody's ups outlook to positive
Energy drives 16.4% YoY jump in industrial turnover for July
Society
OECD warns young Greeks face deep structural barriers to work, family and housing
The latest OECD report on the challenges faced by young people in Greece captures the complex landscape they must navigate and the hurdles they encounter in their efforts to achieve financial independence, find stable employment, start a family and secure housing.
EU report shows Greece entering new era of extreme ageing and population decline
Trust levels fall again as public perceptions trail economic progress
Agora
The making and unmaking of "Greek statistics"
Back in 2010, the term “Greek statistics” became synonymous worldwide with creative fiscal accounting and institutional failure. When Greece faced bankruptcy in late 2009, the international community discovered that the New Democracy government had understated the country’s fiscal deficit.
Magdeburg shocks Berlin
A summer tan can’t obscure Greek economic reality