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  1. Drop in trade deficit slows to 8.8 pct in August as decline in imports decelerates

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Following a nosedive of 63.1 percent in July, Greece’s trade deficit fell by 8.8 percent in August, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Thursday. The rate of decline in the August trade deficit is the lowest among the six negative readings so far this year. The absolute figure showed

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  2. Crumbling Greek pension system threatens big fiscal gap, budget derailment
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    Economy

    Social security funds (SSFs) are the weakest link among the main general government (gg) entities, showing a significant deterioration in their fiscal performance in the course of 2015 and creating a looming challenge for the coalition. Based on the latest gg bulletin for July, SSFs posted a cash

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  3. Seven in ten Greeks overweight, extensive new study indicates

    Society

    of hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes is higher among people with a lower educational level

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  4. Omnibus bill prompts no more than rumblings of discontent from coalition MPs
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    among SYRIZA MPs about these, and other, measures. Reports suggested that the lawmakers also

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  5. Prior actions, pending actions and milestones along the bumpy road
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    Agora

    of the Greek political economy remains the focus of international creditors. Greece has to, among other

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  6. Committee of wise men proposes drastic changes to Greece's pension system

    Economy

    but also among those insured in the same pension fund. At the moment, there are 21 main

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  7. Greek banks brace for recapitalisation, with Piraeus initiating a bond swap offer
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    EconomyBanking

    shortfall would be almost evenly split among the four core banks. This means that even though the total

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  8. Newsletter 47 - 16/10/2015

    Newsletters

    in the statutory retirement age, failed to prompt an outcry among SYRIZA and Friday's vote will likely set

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  9. Athens seeks enhanced regional role via international religious conference

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . A significant array of religious leaders will be hosted in Athens. Among them Ecumenical Patriarch

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  10. Tsipras sees political mileage in bill for broadcasting licences

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the high scepticism among Greeks about their country's media, which has been mostly unregulated

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