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General gov't cash surplus sees large contraction in Jan-Feb, arrears edge up
EconomyMacroeconomyfar in 2015. Arrears After a marginal drop by 0.6 percent month on month (MoM) in January, arrears... entities. Similar to January, the state budget recorded the highest surplus at 852 million, yet
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Market value of HFSF's bank holdings plummets by 11 bln in 2014
EconomyBankingpercent) and a minority share in Eurobank (35.4 percent). The annual report also revealed that the HFSF... in 2013) with cumulative collections at just 277 million, while the cumulative impairment amounts
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Government takes another stab at media regulation among growing scepticism
Societyadvance on the current figure of zero - would inevitably have far greater political symbolism than... of Journalists compared at the time to “a badly written reality show.” The eventual outcome is far..., a government contractor allied to SYRIZA, failed to come up with the funds for the license after
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Government facing up to threat from rise of far right parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is stepping up its criticism of Greece’s far-right parties, which New Democracy sees... off suggestions about the PM’s political orientation and responded forcefully to the far-right MEP’s... the European Union. He went on to point out that Latinopoulou has aligned herself with Europe’s far
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto savings of a few euros over the course of the winter and is far from a political gamechanger. Samaras... that a new bout of political instability could put Greece’s fragile recovery at risk. He spoke
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Idomeni exodus complicates management of refugee crisis for gov't
PoliticsForeign Policyand unhygienic conditions at Idomeni, where another bout of wet weather over the weekend has created even... is far too weak, especially given that activists or smugglers were allegedly able to distribute flyers
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SYRIZA goes on offensive over Covid-19 and economic reforms, but internal rifts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsissues amid the latest bout of tension with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. Taking care... issue, this is as far as SYRIZA is willing to be openly critical of ND. The leftist party has
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On monetary policy and inflation targeting
Agoramonetary policy hostage). · So far recently, inflation expectations have remained above 2 percent..., the poor will pay most of this bill. In the latest inflation bout, central banks have been behind
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Clash over refugees in central Athens prompts warnings of far-right resurgence
PoliticsGreek Politicsand counter-demonstrations. The presence of politicians from the far-right Golden Dawn party..., and speculation about the potential for a revival of the far-right in urban areas. At the end of June, up... for the presence among the marchers of former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris, a senior figure of the far
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ND moves to discredit SYRIZA programme, muses over far-right alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsamounts to 9.35 billion of spending and 3.74 billion of revenues. The figures are not far off ND’s... with the small far-right Greek Solution party. This prospect was always on the cards given the recent... LAOS, the far-right party where Greek Solution leader Kyriakos Velopolos also started his political
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