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  1. Greece courts danger
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    Agora

    This could go down as the week that Greek justice took over from Liz Truss as the world’s briefest joke. It would be funny if it wasn’t so worrying. On Tuesday, Greece’s Supreme Court announced the findings of a preliminary 9-month investigation into th...

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  2. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  3. Athens buoyed by content, mood of Mitsotakis trip to Washington
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Europe. Additionally, Mitsotakis has announced the appointment of Nikos Tsafos, a member of the Center

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  4. From pipe dreams to power cables: the changing map of Greece's energy ambitions
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    Agora

    advisor, Nikos Tsafos, who posted recently on LinkedIn, “that’s why we are so keen to expand our

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  5. Time deposit rate almost flat in Jan, average loan rate falls 12 bps

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek households’ new time deposit rate remained broadly stable for the second straight month in January, when it eased marginally by 1 basis point (bp) to 1.01 percent in January, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures displayed on Wednesday. Since the impositio...

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  6. PPC lignite unit bids fall flat in blow to privatisations
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    EconomyFeatures

    The Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) divestment of 40 percent of its lignite capacity has hit an obstacle as it emerged that the bid process for two lignite units had attracted very little interest. PPC received one binding offer for the Melitis unit in...

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  7. Eurogroup to approve release of bond profits but bid to repurpose funds falls flat
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    EconomyProgramme

    Wednesday’s Eurogroup is expected to result in eurozone finance ministers approving the conclusion of the fourth enhanced surveillance review and the next round of debt relief measures, but will not include a discussion on how Greece can use the bond pr...

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  8. Building permits down by 2.3 pct in Jul as YTD activity growth nearly flat
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Building permits growth in July returned to negative territory, dropping by 2.3 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 3 percent increase in June), according to the latest data released by the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSAT) on Thursday. The total numb...

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  9. Government moves to shake off Tempe affair after opposition bids at prosecution fall flat
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy succeeded in limiting the scope of judicial proceedings against politicians in relation to the deadly Tempe rail crash after rival motions by opposition parties to widen the net of prosecutions were voted down. The conservatives hope that ...

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

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    increase in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so

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