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  1. Trade deficit falls by 7.2 pct in December and rises by 5.2 pct in 2019

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    countries rose by 11.1 percent during the month. When stripping out the impact of oil products and the value..., the trade deficit increased by 7.1 percent during the aggregate period.

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  2. Athens takes heart from Gentiloni, Lagarde comments but still has distance to cover

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    During the first visit to Athens of the new Economic Affairs Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, the Greek government stepped up its efforts to secure more fiscal space that will allow it to continue its... words of encouragement for the Greek authorities came from Christine Lagarde on Thursday, during

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  3. Athens treads softly as North Macedonia heads to elections and EU mulls accession
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    accepted that many “provocative actions” may take place during this period and Athens needs to treat... are optimistic that France, which vetoed such a move last October, could be prepared to change its mind during

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  4. Car sales rise by 8.3 pct in January
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    seen in January 2019. Vehicle sales have been rising in recent years after dropping during the crisis years. During 2019 there was a total of 256,698 vehicle sales. Of the total, 160,747 were new

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  5. SYRIZA looks back at time in office as it searches for way forward
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    during its tense negotiations with Greece’s international creditors in 2015. The document reportedly... performance during the previous years, it does set out many of the party’s failings, some due

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  6. Building permits increase by 12.4 pct in November
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    permits was issued in western Macedonia with 22 permits. During the first 11 months of the year, building... quarterly Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed that apartment prices rose by 9.1 percent YoY during

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  7. Employment balance negative by 17,318 in January
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of hirings that were for full-time work came to 46.4 percent. During the month, part-time and shift work... during the month. The highest negative balance was seen in those aged 15-24 years, where there were 5,397

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  8. Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    increase of 2 percent in 2018. New apartment prices fell by an average of 0.8 percent in 2017. During.... In other cities, prices rose by 4.2 percent, and by 4.9 percent in other areas of Greece during Q4

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  9. Travel balance surplus up by 10.9 pct in 2019 as 31.3 mln visitors roll in
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    during the month to 692,200 visitors, while the average expenditure per trip edged up by a slight 0.7... percent YoY, while flows from outside the EU28 were up by 6 percent. During all of 2019, travel receipts

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  10. Fifth post-MoU review concludes successfully, EC highlights public investment, NPLs as areas of concern

    EconomyProgramme

    As was widely anticipated, since it had been trailed by Economic Affairs Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni during his recent visit to Athens, Greece’s fifth post-programme review was successfully.... Although a comprehensive DSA is due to be completed during the sixth review, the latest available

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