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  1. Buoyed by troika deal, Greece aims for rapid return to bond markets
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    Economy

    of this year’s funding gap but at a much higher cost than Greece currently borrows from the euro zone. This underlines that the government’s primary target is more of a political nature rather than... of a higher than forecast primary surplus for 2013, the potential positive comments at the upcoming

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  2. Cost of petty corruption in Greece has halved during crisis
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    Society

    reported in 2013 than in 2012 and that the average amount paid in bribes fell to 1,333 euros, which is 7.6 percent lower than a year earlier. Almost one in three Greeks asked to give bribes refused to do so... corruption is related to more than just a fall in disposable income. It suggests that events over

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  3. Who benefits from Greece’s return to the markets?
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    Agora

    that Pakistan returned to debt markets after an absence of more than seven years, the first Greek bond.... More than 85 percent of those pension funds, private equity firms, asset managers and hedge funds...-term than increasing sovereign debt finance. After the issuance of the five-year bond and the offered

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  4. Greece unveils MTFS seeing 4.2 bln primary surplus in 2014 but just under 2 bln fiscal gap in 2015-16
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion higher than the Economic Adjustment Program (EAP) target of 2.73 billion (1.5 percent of GDP...) more than offsetting the reduction of social security contributions (974 million). Direct taxes... also foresees that more than 2/3 of the GDP that has been wiped out from the domestic economy

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

    and was elected from the first Sunday. The leftist party had a much larger presence in the regions than ever... dominant combination outside of Attica than the opposition party. SYRIZA will need backing of somewhere near 30 percent (and possibly more than the aggregate support the coalition parties receive

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  6. Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1

    Economy

    domestically (1.85 billion) and Financial Support Mechanism (FSM) loans (1.3 billion) more than offsetting... stands at 15.84 years, which is slightly lower than the 16.02 years at the end of 2013. The respective figure for new borrowing in 2014 stands at 0.36 years and refers to T-Bills. More than three quarters

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  7. What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    comments from the SYRIZA camp had suggested that the party would need to gain more than the combined... because Elia is not expected to gain more than 6 or 7 percent. However, there will be at least three other... vote rather than the first. In the last local elections of 2010, voter participation stood at almost

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  8. Five things to watch for in today's elections in Greece
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of more than 3 percentage points and support running in the high 20s would be considered a major... votes than the coalition parties combined and if there is a respectable turnout for the European... will struggle to get more than 7 percent of the vote. This could lead to turmoil within PASOK. A challenge

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  9. IMF report sees a number of risks lying ahead for Greece

    EconomyProgramme

    , delayed structural reforms that slow competitiveness gains and higher than expected deflation... (ETEAN). Since fewer guarantees have been called than expected, the Greek government may cancel about... fiscal outlook are broadly balanced. The upside risks mainly involve higher than estimated tax

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  10. BoG sees encouraging signs for Greek economy but warns on reforms

    Economy

    , marginally lower than the official troika projection of 0.6 percent. The encouraging signals... positive in 2014 at 1 percent of GDP lower than its previous estimate of 2 percent. The key contributor..., they could also result to better than expected fiscal outcome and faster achievement of fiscal

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