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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    had said before the elections that SYRIZA would only truly be able to declare a victory if its share of the vote was close to or above the combined total of the coalition’s backing. Elia survives... saw its support decline by a combined total of almost 11 percentage points. Nevertheless, the fact

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  8. Where is Odysseus? Part 6 - Potential real GDP
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    Agora

    then truly celebrate if the surprises, ex-post, turn out to be on the upside. This is much easier... favorable demographics, combined with relatively weak productivity developments, for the long-run real... over time, combined with a recovery of labor productivity growth to 1.5 percent a year

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  9. Nightmare on Democracy Street

    Agora

    were truly awoken late on Tuesday, September 17, when a Golden Dawn member stabbed to death a 34-year... of Golden Dawn, an unruly and destabilising force. When combined with the effects of the crisis

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  10. Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for SYRIZA but the opposition party did much to create the sense that it has truly established itself... to convincingly argue that the combined forces of New Democracy and PASOK have a much larger sway

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