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Newsletter 106 - 10/02/2017
deficit increasing at double-digit rate of 11.8 percent. Fall in apartment prices eases in Q4 Fall in last quarter is the slowest since early 2009, when prices dropped for the first time Apartment prices... drop rate since Q1 2009, when the apartment prices index fell for the first time. Compared
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Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY
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Local elections in Greece a precursor of European vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat if a mayoral candidate gets more than 42 percent in the first round, he or she is elected... privatisation fund has already said it will disregard the plebiscite, while the Interior Ministry has
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek Politicsincumbent Giorgos Kaminis all the way. According to Interior Ministry projections Kaminis was expected... Attica governor. She caused an upset by gathering more support than incumbent Yiannis Sgouros, who
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Greece gets new finance minister but old guard dominates cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics/she would do a better job of balancing the Finance Ministry’s role with the government’s political..., Yiannis Michelakis, at the Interior Ministry. Makis Voridis, briefly Infrastructure Minister
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Bailout talks, SYRIZA bickering continue - no definite end date for either
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeant that ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis had committed treason. Panousis's superior, Interior... attack from parliamentary speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou. She wrote to Tsipras to complain about
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Obstacles to centre-left alliance in Greek politics piling up
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment. However, she is also expected to meet again with To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis... Minister Anna Diamantopoulou and ex-Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis. Their involvement in the process
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Ministers unveil lengthy payment schemes for unpaid taxes and contributions
EconomyProgramme, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou, Interior Minister Alexis... instalment of 50 euros. She added that the programme, which is also open to employers who owe
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SYRIZA launches internal dialogue to tackle questions of identity, future direction
PoliticsGreek Politicsaware of the existential threat to her party, she has so far been unable to find a formula... of the Mati wildfires in the summer of 2018 when he was interior minister. However, what is currently being
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Confusion over retail reopening puts govt on defensive
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the ongoing restrictions. Deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas received a frosty reception during... “insufficient” compensation. She accused the government of lacking a “serious plan” on the health
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