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Alpha Bank nine-month profits at 110.3 mln, NPL ratio at 33.6 pct
EconomyBankingrespectively. Core pre-provision income (PPI) - excluding trading income and one-off expenses – rose... reflecting a one-off cost of 195 million related to the voluntary separation scheme (VSS). The bank
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Newsletter 2 - 07/11/2014
arrangements”. This gives the Greek authorities up to one month to complete negotiations with the troika on the key pending issues of the current review. One of the main obstacles is the 2015 fiscal gap
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Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
Agora"In one hand Greece holds an olive branch but in the other it holds the sword of justice," said Greece's new Defence Minister Nikos Dendias as he was sworn in on Monday. The danger is, though..., is one of the ways to achieve the goal he describes. However, Greece's relationship with these countries
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National Bank posts 9-month profits of 1.18 bln
EconomyBankingincorporates one-off items of 956 million euros mainly related to the recognition of deferred tax asset (DTA) in the second quarter (Q2). Excluding one-offs for both periods, net profits stood at 220 million
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In Greece, number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion rises to 3.9 mln in 2013
Societyof poverty or social exclusion, meaning they were in at least one of the following three conditions... deprived conditions. One in five (20.3 percent) were unable to do four of the following nine things: i
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What does a bailout exit with a precautionary credit line mean for Greece?
EconomyProgrammefuture problems with access to market financing. It has an initial duration of one year... to complete its current troika review. This ensures that one way or another there will be a busy few weeks
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
special attention. One factor that could lead to turbulence concerns the economic effects of the EU’s... of the evidence presented, it would be misleading to promise one. At the same time, new challenges
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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek Politicson transfers of students between universities is one of the issues to have sparked arguments. The government..., preventing students from entering, was an awkward one for the government. Things got worse when two
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You can call it reform if you like
Agora. Nevertheless, even if we are to take the government’s argument at face value, there is one niggling... publicly justifying his actions in government. He is one of several staunch defenders of Karamanlis’s
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agorathat nowadays it might be rare not to see one of its leading members on a morning show or participating... "that pushes us away from the one based on real estate". Strategically focusing all its efforts
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