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  1. Greek economic sentiment and consumer confidence fall for third month in a row
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    gains of more than 30 points, services confidence decreased by 7.5 points to 14.8 in September. Retail trade dropped by more than 9 points to -2.5 in September, posting a negative reading for the first

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  2. Greece's troika talks begin with apparent deal on 2015 surplus
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    than the 2.3 to 2.5 percent the MoF initially proposed and the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS... a primary surplus of 1.7 percent, which is slightly higher than the EAP target of 1.5 percent

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  3. Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
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    Agora

    few days that the New Democracy-PASOK administration was counting its remaining days, rather than... legislation to Parliament with more chances of it passing. More than anything else, though, it gives Samaras

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  4. Primary surplus inches up to 2.9 pct in Greece's 2015 draft budget
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    Economy

    with Sunday's To Vima newspaper. This figure is higher than the both the 2.34 percent initially presented... percent of GDP, which is higher than the EAP target of 1.5 percent, the 2.3 percent included in the MTFS

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  5. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    Agora

    was much worse than expected. Within months, the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF..., but are far fewer and much smaller than anything seen in 2010, 2011 or 2012. Much of that anger against

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  6. Greek coalition stands by early bailout exit plans despite fresh blows on bond, stock markets
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . With the Greek stock market falling by more than 2 percent and the yield on 10-year bond rising above 9... percentage point higher than yesterday. Yields of shorter maturities rose even more sharply, with both

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  7. In survival bid, coalition seeks to ease taxpayer burden, secure early bailout exit
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    in up to 100 tranches. For debts of more than 15,000 euros, up to 72 instalments will be provided... on surcharges. The annual interest rate for the debt is set at 4.56 percent from more than 8 percent

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  8. ECB tests find negligible capital shortfalls at Greek banks
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    Economy

    (Eurobank) appearing to have a capital shortfall and even in that case it being less than 18 million... for capital needs was based on the agreed restructuring plans (dynamic model) rather than the end-2013

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  9. Between the sword and the olive branch: Dilemmas of Greek diplomacy
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    Agora

    . Rather than the basis for a long-term foreign policy strategy, this tactic bears the hallmark of a "my... to view the dispute in less cut-and-dried terms than it is seen in Athens, Nicosia and Ankara

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  10. No prospect of compromise for entrenched Greek parties

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    would like his government to benefit from any political goodwill this would create rather than see... indicates that SYRIZA maintains a lead of more than 10 percentage points over New Democracy. Only one

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