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  1. Travel receipts up 13.3 pct in March as tourist arrivals increase by 34.4 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , the strong volume growth was to a large extent offset by a 15.3 percent drop in the average non-resident... to soaring international tourist arrivals (up 45.6 percent) to 1.73 million, which more than offset... of inbound tourist activity showed strong growth rates from France (+94.2 percent), the USA (+49.7

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  2. Car registrations resume upward trend in August rising by 20.1 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a similar increase (+18.9 percent) landing at 67,873 and making up more than 83 percent of total road... by 30.2 percent in 2014, after plunging by more than 30 percent per annum in the 2009-2012 period. Despite the strong upward movement in 2014, that year’s figure of 102,359 still implied a cumulative

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  3. Building activity up by 6.2 pct in April for third straight rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , surface and volume recorded a drop by 6.3 and 3.6 percent respectively following a strong rise by more than 30 percent in March. The aggregate figures for the first four months of the year point... Aegean (+150 percent), also reflecting a low base effect, while strong growth was also recorded

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  4. Capital controls take toll on car sales, which fell 23.9 pct in July for first time in two years
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of total road motor cars. The Attica prefecture registered more than half of the country’s road.... After a sharp drop by more than 30 percent per annum in the 3-year period until 2012, the number... of 347,354. Market sources had indicated that the strong growth rates until the first half of the year

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  5. Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015

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    and 1.3 percent in 2016, turning to a strong growth rate of 2.7 percent in 2017. These are in line... than SYRIZA and, in an effort to prove it, Meimarakis has spent the last few days insisting that he... points. This should allow Tsipras’s party to seek an alliance with others and have a strong enough

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  6. Car sales resume double-digit growth rate in Oct with 15.2 pct rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The number of road motor cars posted a sharp drop by more than 30 percent per annum in the 2009-2012 period. Since then, a modest rise by 1.3 percent was recorded in 2013 and a strong rebound by more than... controls and the second in October to rumors for higher road tax on new passenger cars. The strong

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  7. Car sales fall 2.5 pct in June after impressive growth in preceding two months
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of 17,290 recorded in May. As we have previously noted, the strong growth rates in April and May... accounting for more than 85 percent of new road motor cars. Despite the negative growth rate in June... pointing out that around 59 percent of road motor cars and more than 64 percent of passenger cars

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  8. Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the supermajority of 200 votes in Parliament that would mean it could apply immediately rather than after... completely, but rather than 50 seats for it to be based on the party’s share of the vote. The centrists... delivery of translated court documents by the Foreign Ministry’s translation service. This sparked strong

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  9. TV permit auction boosts Greek coffers but questions linger

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    Greek authorities announced early on Friday, after an auction lasting more than three days... is the son of Christos Kalogritsas, the owner of a construction firm that is seen as having strong... that the starting price was 3 million euros, the total raised was far higher than most observers expected

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  10. Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    despite PASOK’s strong criticism of the Alexis Tsipras’s administration. It is not clear... the opportunity provided by voters’ strong dissatisfaction with the ruling SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition... faces is highlighted by the fact that he is only slightly more popular than Tsipras (19.5 percent

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