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NBG remains profitable in Q2 with net results of 21 mln
EconomyBankingmillion euros against the previous quarter’s decline of 800 million. The current quarter’s fall reflects write-offs of 200 million and negative formation of 300 million euros, and is ahead of the bank’s... to 82.8 percent from 82.9 percent. NBG’s NPE and NPL coverage ratios are the highest among its domestic
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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsleader’s speech was designed to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, which meant... the government’s changes to the education and penal system. He also slammed the coalition’s latest...’s jails. Mitsotakis also indicated that he would like there to be stronger links between tertiary
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Migration troubles move up political agenda as probe into use of fund is launched
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s handling of island hot spots is set to come under further scrutiny after... last month, when it alleged that EU funds had been mismanaged as part of Greece’s effort to deal with refugee flows. A suit filed by Kammenos led to the overnight detention of the newspaper’s publisher
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Amid coalition bickering, Skopje vote lights up path to snap elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the party’s political council over the weekend that he would support the government until Greek MPs have to vote on the diplomatic pact, which will lead to Greece’s neighbour being renamed North..., for instance if New Democracy triggers a no-confidence ballot. The other question being asked after Kammenos’s
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SYRIZA and ND keep name dispute alive as poll shows narrower gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe two parties than other recent surveys. The prime minister’s office claimed Mitsotakis, who accused... next year’s pension cuts, dodged today’s meeting of leaders from the European People’s Party (EPP) in Brussels because he did not want to face any criticism from his peers. Following Mitsotakis’s claim
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SYRIZA scrutinised over watchdog appointment as education hirings confirmed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s approach towards independent institutions is under scrutiny again after... as the head of Greece’s Competition Commission. Thanou proved a particularly controversial choice because... Tsipras’s legal office since retiring as head of Greece’s top court. Her candidacy sparked a heated
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the upcoming general elections. The SYRIZA leader’s hopes of obtaining the minimum 151/300 votes he..., the report on New Year’s Eve claims that there is now no doubt that four of To Potami’s six MPs in total will vote the same way as SYRIZA’s 145 lawmakers. The other votes that the government seems
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Novartis affair moves back to political centre stage as accusations fly
PoliticsGreek Politics’s controversial comments were an attempt to interfere in their work, while New Democracy leader... Kalogirou issued a statement insisting that the justice system has the government’s full backing... investigations, as well as issuing verdicts. Kalogirou’s intervention was aimed at dampening the impact
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Merkel backing for name deal overshadowed by coalition leaders' crucial talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Athens has largely been overshadowed by growing speculation about whether Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government is on the brink of collapse. Merkel... for Tsipras’s efforts to settle the Macedonia name issue, which included a rebuke for claims by New
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Small parties suffer as Parliament edges towards vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical environment that is putting huge pressure on Greece’s smaller parties. Centrist To Potami has... to be represented in House committees and leaders’ debates, among other things. The collapse of the centrist’s parliamentary group immediately caused a problem for the government because without To Potami’s
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