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  1. Poor poll figures leave Samaras in quandary over next move
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece began a new and crucial round of talks with troika officials on Tuesday, when inspectors arrived for the latest review of the Greek adjustment programme, but the government will have one eye on political developments. Recent opinion polls have shown SYRIZA building a clear lead over New

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  2. Election drums beating louder in Greece
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the latest review and refuses to be bound by anything that is agreed during those talks. This week

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  3. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    Agora

    Like thousands of citizens, Nikolas Elliniadis had left it to deadline day to go to his bank, in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, to pay the first of six instalments of Greece’s new property tax, the latest levy to hit a population beleaguered after five years of austerity. Finding a long queue

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  4. Retail sales rise in July for second straight month - not seen since 2010
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent). The latest confidence indicators provided by the European Commission in late September depicted

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  5. Troika leaves with key issues pending and clock ticking for coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The latest troika review of the Greek adjustment programme was adjourned on Tuesday with the two sides having failed to settle a number of major issues. The troika officials departed Athens with the aim of returning in November, when the European Central Bank will have conducted its stress tests

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  6. Greek exports down 5.9 pct in August, imports also fall 16.4 pct

    Economy

    and exports as well as the trade deficits for August and the 8-month period. The latest data for the 7 months

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  7. IMF lowers medium-term forecasts for Greek debt, 2014 financing needs

    Economy

    The International Monetary Fund has provided updated forecasts on the key Greek macro and fiscal figures in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) and Fiscal Monitor (FM) reports. Expectations for GDP growth remained unchanged at 0.6 and 2.9 percent for 2014 and 2015 respectively, in line

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  8. Ahead of bailout talks, IMF chief raises doubts about clean Greek exit
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Merkel indicated that a discussion on this issue should take place after the troika completes its latest

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  9. Greek building activity drops by another 8 pct in July

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    is three times higher than that of GDP for the same period. According to the latest data provided

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  10. Venizelos under further pressure as PASOK grows ever more anxious
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as the latest episode in the festering resentment between the Venizelos and Papandreou camps, it also suggests

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