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Building activity starts 2026 strongly with 15.4 pct YoY rise in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomydown by 2.6 percent YoY to 30,199. The corresponding surface area was down by 9.7 percent while volume was also down by 3 percent. The largest regional drop is in central Macedonia with 11.5 percent... that construction confidence interrupted its rebound, down to 21.4 points from 30 points in the previous month
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Retail sales growth of 6.1 pct YoY in March spurred by fuel as war takes toll
EconomyMacroeconomyby 0.2 percent. The volume’s monthly movement was down by 0.5 percent. Compared to March 2025.... Clothing and footwear moved down with a 1.2 percent drop. Pharmaceuticals increased by 2.3 percent YoY. The volume data captures signs of the impact of price hikes, with fuels down by 0.3 percent, a 2.9
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Retail sales growth slows to 4% YoY in Apr, volumes drop as fuel consumption decreases
EconomyMacroeconomydecreased by 1.1 percent. The volume’s monthly movement was down by 1.4 percent. Compared to April 2025... percent. Clothing and footwear moved down with a 4.4 percent drop. Pharmaceuticals increased by 2.8 percent YoY. The volume data captures signs of the impact of price hikes, with fuels down by 7.4 percent
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Coalition unwound
Agora. Like the spaceman who has touched down on Mars, Venizelos knows that if he steps out... for the failure to conduct genuine reforms elsewhere, such as the closing down of unnecessary public... brought the whole tree down. Samaras’s supporters are attempting to portray his actions
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Drop in Greek CPI decelerated to 1.1 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomyin: miscellaneous goods and services (down 4.8 percent), communication (down 4.2 percent), education (down 4.1 percent). Furthermore, the drop in household equipment, health, transport and recreation
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October revenues reverse earlier shortfall, annual primary surplus in sight
Economy, with the Jan-Oct figure landing at 39.38 billion euros, down 6.1 percent yoy. More significantly... with the 10 months figure down 6.7 percent yoy to 35.83 billion. Furthermore, the sharp drop of interest... euros for 2014 has now come down close to 1.5 billion as international lenders seem to have accepted
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Greece closes 2013 with 691 mln budget primary surplus despite late investment spend
EconomyMacroeconomy, with the 12-month figure down 4.7 percent to 49 billion, 1.88 billion short of target. Tax refunds significantly rose in December bringing the 12-month figure down 11.1 percent to 2.82 billion slightly below target. Primary expenditure dropped 7.2 percent in December, leading the full year figure down
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Greek trade deficit narrowed 11 pct in 2013 but exports marginally negative
EconomyMacroeconomy. Excluding the impact of the oil products, imports fell at a slightly higher rate (down 11.8 percent), while exports dropped at a significantly slower pace (down 3.5 percent). Imports and exports from... marginally negative (down 0.2 percent) to 27.54 billion. The impact of the oil bill was minimal
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SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsparty has dropped one candidate, another has been forced to step down, while a third may also have... for European Parliament, Dimitris Christopoulos, to step down after he referred to the Muslim minority... also suffered a high-profile rejection from comedian Lakis Lazopoulos, who turned down the opportunity
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National Bank starts 2014 posting net profit of 181 mln in Q1
EconomyBanking(up 25 percent) and receding impairment losses (down 15 percent). Even excluding several positive... income at 438 million in Q1 is mainly driven by cost cutting (down 10 percent), while revenues improved... successive quarter to 5.12 percent leading group NIM down 9 bps QoQ to 3.17 percent. Operating expenses
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