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Current account surplus narrows to 1.82 bln in August
EconomyMacroeconomythat the oil balance rose notably, while the increase in non-oil exports was offset by a decrease non-oil imports. The decline in the services balance primarily reflects lower net travel receipts, while net transport receipts improved from last year mostly due to a rise in the air transport balance
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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
-thirds to individuals and half of them to accounts with balances of less than 100,000 euros... that primary expenditure was 538 million better than the target in February. However, the fact that revenues... performance was weighed by trading losses that more than offset the NII rebound. Going forward
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
landing at 1.24 million. The number of employed stood at 3.55 million, 15,700 lower than in July. Youth... in 2013 and this year. In 2013 more than 17.5 million tourists visited Greece, numbers not seen... and services than it did in 2012. While countries in the eurozone’s southern and northern periphery
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A little more persuasion, a little less reaction
AgoraDawn rather than SYRIZA, but a man with such an open and frequently declared affection for Greece... of progress through the synthesis of opinions and ideas. “It would help if, rather than fearing democracy... view of Samaras, a leader who the WSJ argues is trying “to scare voters rather than persuade them
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Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicslikely than the latter and so far only one polling company (Public Issue) has published projected... from PASOK rather than the whole party. Also, the possibility that ex-Prime Minister George Papandreou... in office for anything more than the short-term. No clear winner, back to square one There is strong
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Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
PoliticsGreek Politicsservicing costs, rather than a reduction in the principal. Giorgos Stathakis, who is likely to take up... closer to an agreement than had seemed the case for the last few months. New programme SYRIZA’s... to reach an agreement after Sunday’s vote which could be repackaged as something much more benign than
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agorarather than joke. After all, would humorous references about the way that politicians from other... to the “troika” of lenders, rather than the “institutions” mentioned in official documents, knowing this would.... “It is this egotism motivated by nationalism that disconcerts me more than anything else today,” he told
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand then held a working dinner that lasted for more than four hours, which was seen as unusually long... was a result of a detailed discussion about points of convergence or difference rather than due to a falling...” and to seek a different “policy mix” rather than a complete change of direction. Although he criticised
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Electoral law vote brought forward, refugee crisis returns to political agenda
PoliticsForeign Policythis week, rather than Friday as had originally been planned. There is no obvious tactical move... rather than Parliament. However, the prime minister does not appear to have the support of his... more than 3,000 migrants on Lesvos. Despite the recent lull in arrivals, problems remain at the island
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China-EU: Navigating an increasingly complex relationship
Agoratravel restrictions and absence of in-person meetings for more than two years. Several European... and the Middle East. Otherwise, the meetings yielded a less-than-impressive list of outputs. The two... and there is a sense that the assertive tone of EU officials made Beijing listen more attentively than
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