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  1. Referendum call finds Greek banks teetering on the edge
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    Economy

    The Eurogroup rejected on Saturday the Greek government’s proposal for a one-month extension of the current bailout programme, which expires on June 30, Greek banks are facing a dramatic situation. The challenge to the Greek banking system was immediate...

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  2. Tsipras claims he is in no hurry to call elections after bailout exit
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras indicated on Friday that he is not considering the possibility of calling snap elections later this year despite persistent speculation about the subject. Tsipras travelled to Thessaloniki to meet local mayor Yiannis Boutar...

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  3. ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Pa...

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  4. Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The official report into an incident in which police fired shots at a fleeing car, killing one occupant and injuring another following a high-speed chase, has prompted the government to announce a series of tough new policing measures. Following several...

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  5. Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government caught its opponents by surprise on Monday when it announced that it will propose a broad parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of agricultural subsidies dating back to 1998 – a move that the opposition parties see as an att...

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  6. Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Kyriakos Mitsotakis returned from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly last week feeling that he had burnished Greece's diplomatic contacts with a range of countries and had stated the country's case clearly vis a vis its ongoing disput...

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  7. Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    euros. #Greece new unpaid taxes at €763 mln in Apr (from €1.21 bln in Mar) & at €4.33 bln year

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  8. Budget execution shows primary surplus of 711 mln, 503 mln ahead of target

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    period. This implies an average figure exceeding 1 billion per month. Although the April figure of 763

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  9. Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s unpaid taxes rose by 873 million in May at a slightly accelerating pace compared to the 763 million recorded in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems. Following May’s performance, the year to date figure of new unpaid tax obligations stands

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  10. Unpaid taxes rose by 1 bln a month in H1 2014, collection targets missed

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The rate of increase in Greece’s unpaid taxes accelerated to 1.03 billion euros in June from 873 million in May and 763 million in April, according to data provided by the General Secretariat of Information Systems, which also revealed that most tax collection targets are being missed. The June

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