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Golden Dawn rears its head in local polls, prompting rethink from main parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsmoment in Greek politics came in the 2010 local elections when it elected just one councillor... activity and presence earlier this year, the extremist party is not set to disappear from the political
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Greek Tourism Association sees tourist arrivals rising to 19 mln for 2014
EconomyMacroeconomypercent increase to 15.8 million in 2014 from 12.67 million last year. Iraklio in Crete is set to remain.... Most destinations have one peak day, while islands such as Zakynthos and Mykonos have five and four
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Are things looking up for Greece's privatisation programme?
Economy(Hong Kong) Group Limited, one of the largest Chinese state-owned conglomerates, which is wholly... in the 2014 budget. In addition, the new cumulative privatization target by 2020 was set at 22.3 billion from
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IMF report sees a number of risks lying ahead for Greece
EconomyProgramme, but it was postponed until June 10, one day after the cabinet reshuffle and the appointment of a new finance... in general government subsectors could be utilised under a repo framework recently set up. d
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After landmark return in April, Greece prepares to tap bond markets again
Economytourism is set to support the anticipated GDP rebound of 0.6 percent this year with 5-month international... with a coupon of 5 percent on March 18. One month later, National Bank issued a 5-year note of 750
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
EconomyOne day after the completion of the troika’s discussions with the Greek authorities, ahead of the next review due in the second half of September, local media indicate that a European Court... the 600 million euros would result in a fiscal gap or if it could be set off against EU funds. Both
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EU Task Force sees progress on reforms and structural funds in Greece
EconomyProgramme(IfG) last December, the report acknowledges that an IfG Debt-Sub-Fund for SMEs was set up in May... for investigations within one day. In addition, a new anti-money laundering work program has been developed
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Karatzaferis offers to boost New Democracy's right wing with LAOS alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsa landslide defeat at the hands of PASOK and George Papandreou. LAOS’s rise was perhaps one..., Karatzaferis often launched direct verbal attacks on the New Democracy leader. This was all set aside, though
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Italian government recently. Social measures Tsipras unveiled a set of measures aimed at easing... is where it was before the crisis started. Growth One of the key planks of SYRIZA’s growth strategy
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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami, the centrist party founded by journalist Stavros Theodorakis in February, has published the closest thing to a manifesto it has produced in the last seven months. Theodorakis set out... and probably one of the main barriers to the party gaining further traction in opinion polls. Three surveys
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