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  1. Building permits rise by 6.6 pct in September, up by 9 pct in 9M
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new

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  2. Car sales rise by 12.3 pct in November and 23.7 percent in 11-month
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    rise in car sales in 2017 was higher than that for 2016 (+11 percent), and higher than 2015 (+13.5 percent), it remained less than half of the record high of 372,892 vehicle registrations in 2007

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  3. Chasing investment, the Greek dream
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    Agora

    formation represented more than quarter of Greek GDP, at 27.4 percent. By the second quarter of 2015... were worth 23 billion euros. By 2010, this had reached more than 81 billion euros. Then, as Greece..., the index for other construction is in recovery since 2016 and higher than the 2010 levels. Spending

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  4. Budget primary surplus at 7.61 bln in November as expenditure curtailed
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in October. Overall in the year to date, expenditure fell by 1 percent to 42.41 billion, lower than the target by 1.26 billion. PIB PIB revenues came to 169 million in November, higher than the previous month... million in the first eleven months of the year, 1.66 billion better than the target.

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  5. New court verdict adds to concern about impact of backpay on fiscal balance
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    EconomyProgramme

    takes the potential exposure on an ongoing basis and for backpay claims to more than 2 billion euros... newspaper put the possible total cost to public coffers for all the appeals pending at more than 6... will have to be faced by the next government rather than the current one. Nevertheless, the possible

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  6. Coalition set to extend, improve OCW but opinion poll favours ND
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of 2019 rather than in few days. Furthermore, it allows debtors to come to an arrangement over... on their feet rather than sink under the pressure of their debts. The other loose end that the government... by the government this week prompted strong criticism from the opposition. More than 20 amendments

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  7. Car sales rise by 4.1 pct in Dec, taking annual increase for 2018 to 22.6 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    to the lowest point, car sales in 2018 more than doubled. As mentioned, car sales overall in 2018 were higher than the previous year by 22.6 percent. The year-on-year rise in 2017 stood at 11 percent. However, car sales for the year were still lower by 48.8 percent than the record high of 372,892

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  8. Building permits rise by 23.8 pct in Oct, up by 10.9 pct in first 10 months
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. Much of the current building activity also centres around refurbishments rather than new

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  9. Small parties suffer as Parliament edges towards vote on name deal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to vote on Thursday night, when the government expects that more than 150 MPs will back the pact...-left grouping seriously weakened. KINAL is now in danger of becoming PASOK by another name, rather than... in the hope that by being more fiercely opposed to the name deal and more critical of the government than New

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  10. Macedonia name issue: Agreement and disagreement
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    Agora

    -binding referendum. However, the 37 percent turnout was lower than the 50 percent threshold... a state that has been recognised as Republic of Macedonia by more than 130 countries agrees to amend... the name it has been using for more than 50 years when it became independent. Is the agreement

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