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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politicsunlikely to be in a position to claim its next bailout tranche of 1 billion euros as it has not yet
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Greek building activity drop decelerates to 16 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomya slight increase by 0.8 percent. The number of building permits resumed above the 1,000-mark, yet the Q1
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Alpha Bank acquires Citigroup's retail banking unit in Greece
EconomyBankingexercise date of warrants. Although official results have not been announced yet, local media indicate
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European Commission paper highlights challenges for Greek exports
EconomyThe European Commission (EC) published an economic paper titled “The puzzle of the missing Greek exports” showing that Greece’s export performance is dramatically lagging behind, yet its export potential could be enormous. Greece has a track record of protracted trade deficits and low openness
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Wages index edges up YoY in Q1 after sinking by 24.8 pct since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyreadings yet at much modest rates (up to -1.3 percent)
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Political tremors shake Spain, overshadow economic progress
Agorathat, consequently, Spain would accomplish neither the deficit target nor the brokered fiscal consolidation. Yet
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Greek PMI falls to 49.4 in June, lowest since November 2013
EconomyMacroeconomy. Nevertheless, new export orders rose modestly, yet at the fastest pace since August 2011. Although
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Young Greeks more likely to swap items and buy second hand
Society, electrical goods and furniture has yet to take off. Just 14 percent of respondents said they had “probably
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Greek primary budget surplus reaches 712 mln in first half of 2014
Economyon month for the second consecutive month, yet the 6-month figure dropped 10.1 percent to 3.13
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
Economythat were paid out to olive oil farmers and others since 2003. It is not yet clear whether recovering
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