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  1. Unemployment rate eases to 24.6 pct in Q2 as number of employed jumps
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    than that of males. The respective breakdown by age group showed the biggest YoY drop was posted... and 22.8 percent last year. The number of ‘long-term’ (more than 1 year) unemployed fell well below

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  2. Election result in doubt but ultimate outcome appears clearer
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    SYRIZA or New Democracy, flanked by PASOK and Potami. The winner is not seen getting much more than... the bailout. It is likely that in this case someone other than Tsipras or Meimarakis would become prime

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  3. Greek stocks gain 3.5 pct during week as investors wait for election fog to clear

    Economy

    by more than 56 percent over the period in question amid concerns over their capital needs and the bank... to 39 million euros this week from less than 30 million in the prior two weeks. However, it remains

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  4. Cash primary surplus improves by 32.4 pct to 3.07 bln on revenue boost in August

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    ’ reported figures, we get a higher improvement in the adjusted primary cash surplus of more than 90 percent... billion in the 8-month period, 201 million lower than the respective budget figure of 4.9 billion

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  5. New Democracy heads for leadership vote as opposition ponders poll result
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    considers that more than 152,000 Greeks voted for Papandreou’s party in January and another 30,000... in Januray, shedding more than 150,000 votes in the process. Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis, who

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  6. If it's stability you're looking for...
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    Agora

    The September 20 election, the second this year, has probably generated more questions about Greece’s political future and how stable it will be than it has answered. Repetition, it seems, has failed... to the Defence Ministry and Tsipras got his waiver to run the country as he sees fit, rather than

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  7. Potami and PASOK look for next roles following contrasting poll results
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in his letter. Instead, he stresses the need for the party to be about more than him and his... position than Potami and other opposition parties after seeing its number of votes increase by 52,000 since

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  8. IMF aligns Greek projections with EU, revises down GDP
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    Economy

    recession estimate of 2.3 percent to be met, GDP needs to contract by more than 5 percent in the second... to the other eurozone countries, although lower than earlier in the year, still remain a concern, IMF

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  9. IMF sees Greek debt above 200 pct of GDP in 2016, at 182 pct in 2020

    Economy

    peaking to 3.5 percent in 2019-2020. The IMF’s medium-term forecasts are also lower than... the debt ratio slipping to 182.5 percent in 2020, still higher than that of 2014 (177.1 percent

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  10. New Democracy decides on date for leadership vote, candidates get on the road
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . The dates are later than had been expected. Current leader Evangelos Meimarakis had initially proposed... with society, rather than someone who has a presence in Parliament. The 37-year-old’s candidacy has

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