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Government acts to prevent energy price shock in move critics say comes too late
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFollowing days of speculation, the government is bringing back an emergency levy on electricity producers in a bid to pre-empt skyrocketing bills in August. The measure applies to electricity producers who use natural gas. They will be taxed on windfall profits for the months of July and August
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Receipts and arrivals rise in May, but spending per trip down by 12.2 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy23.6 percent, bringing the travel balance to 2.69 billion euros, a significant increase of 13.4
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Government hails rule of law progress but open investigations continue to raise questions
PoliticsGreek Politicsin high court appointments, while progress was made on bringing serious corruption cases to conclusion
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Opposition demands scrutiny of surveillance verdict by Parliament
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggests that events may prove a catalyst for bringing the fractured left and centre-left space closer
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Trade deficit moderates in June, up 10.5 pct YoY in H1
EconomyMacroeconomyshowed that the trade deficit increased by 10.5 percent, bringing the total to 16.73 billion euros
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Tourist arrivals up by 15.5 pct in H1, average spend down by 3.1 pct
EconomyMacroeconomypercent, bringing the travel balance to 5.55 billion euros, a significant increase just short of 10
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Weak exports to EU markets drive 9.6 pct rise in 7M trade deficit
EconomyMacroeconomydeficit increased by 9.6 percent, bringing the total to 19.39 billion euros. Imports rose by 2.5
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Government moves to implement PM's pledges despite grumblings from interest groups
PoliticsGreek Politicswas that the government was bringing Greece into convergence with the rest of Europe on issues such as non-wage costs
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Travel balance drops to 3.76 bln in July as expenditure per trip eases by 9.1 pct YoY
EconomyMacroeconomyto 10.95 billion euros. Payments also increased to 1.64 billion, up 20 percent, bringing the travel
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Greece and Turkey take step forward in ties after leaders' talks on UNGA sidelines
PoliticsForeign Policya Plan B. There is a clear cross-party consensus on bringing Albania into the EU.” A catalyst
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