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Government dismisses early elections as opposition call foul on rule of law debate schedule
PoliticsGreek Politicsa set timeframe, accusing the Speaker of Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis of colluding in a perversion... of Reason, MeRA25, Democrats and New left all fall below 3 pct and 16.2 pct of voters are undecided
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Leadership’s handling of OPEKEPE allegations sparks unrest in New Democracy
PoliticsGreek PoliticsManaging the mood in the governing party is set to become the next challenge for PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as his initial reaction to latest legal developments on the OPEKEPE farm payments case has... with 3 pct. An impressive 19.5 pct of respondents say they are undecided. Just over 11 pct say
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Polls prompt ND to crunch coalition numbers as Tsipras turns attention to policy
PoliticsGreek Politics(4.7 pct). MeRA25, Voice of Reason, Niki and SYRIZA all fail to cross the 3 pct threshold to enter... points below the parliamentary majority threshold, and the poll's findings have set off a fresh round
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Mitsotakis rejects early election talk despite intense speculation, as SYRIZA implodes
PoliticsGreek Politics, he said, made it impossible to pursue the goals he had set upon his election. Famellos stressed..., while Voice of Reason and MeRA25 hover near the 3% threshold for parliamentary entry. Mitsotakis
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the first quarter of this year. The total of almost 9 billion euros (out of 10.1 billion euros left... the funding gap for 2015 at 6.5 billion euros. Latest reports put the total figure for the three years... for 2-3 billion euros with the issue of 3- or 5-year bonds but this alone would not be enough
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Social support in Greece not adequate enough to deal with crisis, says OECD
Societythe attention of Greece and its lenders: 1) The major decline in household income Total household income... where nobody works.” 3) The lack of effective social policies The social protection system in Greece... households. Since 2007/8, total spending on social protection and health fell by some 18 percent
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Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1
Economywith FSM loans at 211.86 billion, corresponding to 66.1 percent of total, long term bonds at 74.48 billion (23.2 percent of total) and T-Bills at 14.99 billion (4.7 percent). Disbursements from... to the International Monetary Fund. Taking into account that repayments to the IMF started in Q3 2013 and totalled 3
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Piraeus Bank reports loss of 247 mln for Q1
EconomyBankingmillion. This corresponds to 71 percent of the total targeted fully-phased synergies of 550 million... to the average quarterly figure of 3 percent in 2013. Cumulative provisions of 14.2 billion correspond to 19.2 percent of the total loan book. Following the capital increase of 1.75 billion in April
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Ιnterest in exercising Alpha's warrants remains rather limited
EconomyBankingof total outstanding shares, implying that the HFSF stake in the bank’s share capital was reduced...) with an interest rate of 3 percent increasing by 1 percent per annum. Thus, HFSF potential capital gains... than double compared to the previous period number, the total number of exercised warrants so far
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Greek gg debt down by 1 pp in Q1 2014, still at 174.1 pct of GDP
Economybond issue of 3 billion euros in April and redemptions of 11.2 billion, of which 9.4 billion were... corresponds to more than two thirds of total debt. Long-term bonds stood at 68.16 billion (21.2 percent of total) and T-Bills at 14.98 billion (4.7 percent).
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