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Newsletter 150 -26/01/2018
another impressive protest in Thessaloniki, the Athens rally confirmed the strong opposition... settled at 3.5 percent and matching the pre-sales demand, it was finally oversubscribed more than twice...-on-year basis, the figure is 94,071 higher than that for the same time last year. The change
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Piraeus Bank makes net profit of 12 mln in Q4, edges into profitability for 2017
EconomyBankingAmeoba, has attracted strong interest. The first phase was recently completed, with the second phase... Bank issued a 500-million euro five-year covered bond with a group of investors rather than a public... and providing financing of more than 3 billion to our clients in Greece.”
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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agoraexperiences strong economic growth and nobody writes about it, did it actually happen? On Monday... amid repeated downward revisions of annual growth forecasts for 2018 and in the wake of weaker-than... impact of austerity and recession than any other macroeconomic trends. As a result, the upticks
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MTFS outlines ambitious economic and fiscal road for next four years
EconomyProgrammebalance. According to the finance ministry, Greece will grow by 2 percent in 2018, lower than its... percent in 2022. All estimates are marginally lower than last year’s MTFS when the economic recovery... to 14.3 percent in 2022. Fiscal The Greek authorities expect very strong fiscal performance over
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Building permits up by 1 pct in April and 5.2 pct in first four months of the year
EconomyMacroeconomynumber of permits came to 13,847. Although this is higher than that for 2016, it remains around 86 percent lower than the peak of 95,730 permits issued in 2005. The most recent quarterly Bank of Greece..., reversing the strong improvement of 15.7 points noted in May, and stood at -47.8. The improvement since
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Focus turns to first post-MoU visit by creditors and talks on pension cuts
EconomyProgrammestrong and there is no fiscal balance or sustainability issue for the future,” she said. “Greece’s... applications are being addressed at a faster rate than in the past. According to the minister, around 70... by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Thessaloniki Expo in less than three weeks. This will all
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Mitsotakis eyes tax cuts to jump-start economy, also seeks unity but not with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsto present a plan of tax cuts, but also to send a more conciliatory message than Prime Minister... that criticism of the government was strong but not a dominant feature of the address. “We are building bridges...) rather than a loose set of measures aimed at attracting votes. The main pledges made by Mitsotakis
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ANEL leader under scrutiny due to party unrest, questions over refugee funds
PoliticsGreek Politicscomplaint filed by Kammenos led to three journalists being detained overnight, prompting strong... abroad. The allegations that the Defence Ministry used funds in a less than transparent..., the lower the percentage needed to gain more than 150 seats in the House.
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Migration troubles move up political agenda as probe into use of fund is launched
PoliticsGreek Politics, editor and a journalist. Kammenos’s actions drew strong criticism and were seen by some... are less than a year away. In a press conference in Arta, northwestern Greece, on Monday, New Democracy... sensitive than others about the plight of migrants but now being content to “pile up people in camps
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Preparing for a new normal in German politics
Agorathan not to their chagrin and at times with high political costs (see, for example, the experiences... on the policy issues that matter was in the common interest. Nowhere is this better illustrated than...? At the political level the substance of bilateral relations is strong, as evidenced by two recent
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