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Travel surplus soars 57.2 pct in November on surging tourist arrivals
Economy) corresponding to 11.4 billion euros, more than 1 billion higher than last year’s figure. Similarly
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The demand for Greek debt relief: Is the cart being put before the horse?
Agorabudget surplus (before debt servicing) in 2013 (earlier than predicted) and in 2014, albeit at a lower level in the past year than initially projected. Hence, one key condition of such a grand debt
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What next Greece?
Agorarisks are undoubtedly contained far better than they were in 2012, but that does not make them small... of the ECB pulling the plug on Greek banks increase. In Cyprus, there were less than three weeks
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SYRIZA's only chance
Agorathis support is offering to be bolder on certain reforms than previous governments. SYRIZA’s focus has... for the future than a reduction in the public debt or a faster rate of growth. In fact, securing the last
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SYRIZA heading for big but maybe not conclusive win, exit polls suggest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of exit polls, made public as polling centers closed at 7 p.m., indicate that SYRIZA will achieve a much larger margin of victory than expected but is not guaranteed to get... receiving between 23 and 27 percent, which is lower than most surveys had predicted. Regardless
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SYRIZA heading for Independent Greeks coalition, with uncertain consequences
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor their fellow anti-austerity party as a partner rather than seeking an agreement with centrist To Potami... that in the short-term a SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition would create more questions than answers about Greece
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicswinning margin of more than 8.5 percentage points raises questions about whether Samaras will be able... than stressing what the government had achieved in the previous two years. There was also
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign policy, rather than bailout terms or debt relief, is emerging as the first potential point of conflict between Greece and the European Union after the SYRIZA-led government indicated... to George Papandreou when he was a foreign minister more than a decade ago. He is also one
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Greek market jitters evident as investors dump shares and bonds
EconomyThe Greek stock market remained deep in the red for the third straight session on Wednesday, tumbling by 9.24 percent. Wednesday’s performance follows a sharp drop of more than 3 percent in each... Authority stock also suffered a heavy sell off, closing down more than 7 percent after the government
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the mandate he received rather than to reach a quick compromise that will ease nerves on all side. His.... There was an outflow of more than 4 billion euros in deposits in December, while the January figure
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