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  1. Is the cost of Greece's public sector soaring again?
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    EconomyFeatures

    in this area are benign or innocent of political manipulation. The government may not be building a party... procedures for the higher civil service grades have left the field wide open to naked political

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  2. Some sad lessons the Western Balkans can learn from Bulgaria's EU Journey
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    Agora

    , the Commission deemed that it could help them catch up with other member states in the area of rule... with flattering public statements attempting to persuade Bulgarians the emperor was not naked. Borissov’s

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  3. New Himare elections pose fresh challenge for Greek-Albanian relations
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    with ethnic Greeks, but is not considered by the Albanian state as a minority area. The city is part...’s center-right Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and the left-wing Freedom

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  4. Loan and deposit rates edge down in May but remain above euro area average

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    deposit rate is gradually falling, it remains more than 100 bps above the respective euro-area average... corporate lending rates contracted in May, they remain well above the euro area average rates, by 3

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  5. Among euro area SMEs, Greeks face most problems with access to finance

    Economy

    in their need for bank loans (25 percent), which is five times the euro area average. Although bank... requirements for SMEs in Greece remain the highest in the euro area. Overall, SMEs in Greece identified high

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  6. New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . This represents 6.2 percent of the labour force and creates a grey area between full employment and inactivity

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  7. Greek loan rates remained well above euro area average in October

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    area rate. This month’s change reversed the sharp drop of 44 bps recorded in September

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  8. Greek SMEs face biggest obstacles to finance in euro area, ECB finds

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . Both rates are the worst among the euro area countries. Greek SMEs topped the list for those

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  9. Athens steps up efforts to build links with Libya as EU steps in to assist
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    from both the Benghazi and Tripoli governments after European Commission President Ursula von der..., Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis met with General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi for approximately one... as a message from Benghazi aimed at showing the magnitude of the problem facing the authorities

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  10. Travel receipts drop 6.7 pct in Feb, balance turns to deficit of 3.8 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by to 433,200. In contrast, the average expenditure per trip increased by 9.7 percent to 305 euros. There was a notable drop of 30.7 percent in arrivals from non-euro area countries within the EU28...). Double-digit drops of 20.6 and 24.6 percent were posted in the 2-month receipts from non-euro area

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