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  1. Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
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    Agora

    , are to be avoided. He needs at least a couple, but possibly all four, of the following things... had run its course, unable to free Greece of its shackles. However, if Samaras secures some or all

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  2. Greek primary cash surplus more than doubles to 2.45 bln at end of August

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in the corresponding period last year. All gg sub-sectors continued showing a primary cash surplus in the 8-month... of the all sub-sectors. Arrears of the state budget (265 million euros), local government (345 million

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  3. Retail sales rise in July for second straight month - not seen since 2010
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    positive reading since June 2010 – all coming in 2014. The slight acceleration in July turnover growth... a double-digit growth. However, the respective MoM rises in turnover were much lower, all three showing

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  4. Percentage of Greeks at risk of poverty or social exclusion edges up to 35.7
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    Society

    . The ARP rate before all social transfers (social benefits and pensions) stands at 53.4 percent, which... years and above, the ARP rate before all social transfers stands at extremely high levels, almost 90

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  5. Greece changes banks' DTA conversion law to secure ECB/EBA approval
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    Economy

    the banks’ shareholders’ meetings either to enter or exit the framework. It is expected that all banks will enter the framework, while an exit would be meaningful when all DTC is offset by (the aggregate

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  6. Optimism and obstacles in Spain
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    Agora

    more reforms to be done and all these make a sustainable growth more difficult,” argued Zsolt Darvas... by pointing to cycles. However, for all the upbeat economic news, Spaniards have yet to reap any reward from

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  7. How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
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    Agora

    , then, that all the key decisions taken by Samaras and his ministers since May have been those... prevailing in the Samaras camp, so it was no surprise that the next move was also all show and little

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  8. Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
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    Agora

    the revenues from natural gas to all citizens but has made it clear to the Turkish-Cypriots.... Possibly the threat of ISIS will die down in the months ahead, allowing all the players

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  9. Industrial production falls by 5.1 pct in September for seventh straight drop

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    in the 21 months since the beginning of 2013. All four sub-indices recorded a fall in September... respectively. There was a similar pattern in the five main industrial groupings, where all showed a negative

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  10. The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
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    Agora

    to the regime of Hugo Chávez, and to their sympathies to Ecuador’s Rafael Correa and Bolivia’s Evo Morales. All... "that pushes us away from the one based on real estate". Strategically focusing all its efforts

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