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Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020
sentiment (ESI) rose by 2.5 points in December to reach 109.5 points, European Commission (EC... stood at 110.3 points. Compared to December 2018, the ESI has increased by 8.6 points, beating an EU... points and currently stands 9.4 points off the series high of 3.2 noted in April 2000. In addition
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Economic sentiment back up to pre-pandemic levels, reaching 113.4 pts in Nov
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s economic sentiment (ESI) continued improving in November, rising by 1 point month-on-month... from 90.7 points in January. Since the start of the year, the ESI has increased by 21.6 points... the pandemic when it stood at 113.2 points. The EU average ESI stood at 116.5 points, dropping by 0.9
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Dendias visit to Turkey builds on show of solidarity following earthquake
PoliticsForeign Policyof humanitarian aid from Greece, carried in five planes. Cavusoglu noted that “we saw and watched that after... that rejoiced, we saw that all Greeks rejoiced.” Dendias fully endorsed Cavusoglu’s statement about Athens... during the last 3 years or so. For both countries to engage in a new phase of their relations
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Polls provide PM with some comfort, spell out size of task for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Freedom, the populist party led by Zoe Konstantopoulou, saw its support shoot up during February... in third place. The social democrats saw their backing dip from 12.8 pct to 12.4 pct. Although the gap... half of 2015, and therefore a dangerous alternative than to engage with PASOK and its more
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Alpha Bank reports H1 profits of 267.4 mln on one-off item
EconomyBankingone-off items. Excluding DTA, the bank posted net loss of 146.6 million in H1, which was 8.4 percent
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Tsipras holds off on reshuffle, suggests no way back for rebels
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras put off plans for a reshuffle on Thursday and may delay changes to his cabinet until next week, when a second set of measures demanded by lenders are due to be voted through Parliament. Tsipras is said to be discussing with his aides whether to replace just the five
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Eurobank acquires Alpha network in Bulgaria, kicking off round of consolidation abroad
EconomyBankingby Eurobank kicks off a round of consolidation of Greek banks’ subsidiaries abroad and further
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No further damage for Tsipras in second vote as SYRIZA stand-off continues
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the end of the debate that she would be the first to shake off this reticence. She spoke
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Stand-off within SYRIZA to continue as Konstantopoulou stands firm
PoliticsGreek Politicsand implement (the speaker referred to it as “blackmail” and a “coup”) this awkward stand-off cannot
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Embarrassment for New Democracy as leadership vote called off due to IT problem
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy called off its leadership election on Sunday morning after technical difficulties prevented party supporters from being able to cast their ballots. The problem was blamed on the IT company responsible for overseeing the voting process but is a major embarrassment for the party
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