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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
years. He also expressed the view that each programme review would be easier than the previous one. He... immediately rather than after the next general elections. When the bill was tabled, it appeared that 200
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Car sales fall 2.5 pct in June after impressive growth in preceding two months
EconomyMacroeconomyaccounting for more than 85 percent of new road motor cars. Despite the negative growth rate in June... pointing out that around 59 percent of road motor cars and more than 64 percent of passenger cars
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Stournaras eyes easing of capital controls, updates on loan quality and NPL reduction targets
EconomyMacroeconomyand approve the banks’ strategies for NPE reduction include: 1) Long- rather than short- term sustainable solutions 2) Coordinated deals of common borrowers with overdue loans in more than one bank 3
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Siemens trial hitch ratchets up tension between coalition and judiciary
PoliticsGreek Politics, including the list of charges, so they could be handed to the non-Greek defendants among more than 60 people... on more than one occasion and the latest spat means that this will be an issue that deserves
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Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe supermajority of 200 votes in Parliament that would mean it could apply immediately rather than after... completely, but rather than 50 seats for it to be based on the party’s share of the vote. The centrists
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ELSTAT publishes data on bankruptcies since 2004, showing deterioration during crisis
Economyin 2010-2014, 2.2 times higher than the respective figure in 2004-2009. Moreover, the average... in 2010-14, 1.8 times higher than the average figure in the preceding years. In 2014 in particular
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Greece treads carefully, hoping to avoid blowback from failed coup in Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyLike so many countries across the world, Greece viewed the failed coup in Turkey with surprise and concern, although Athens has more reason than most to be wary of what ramifications the botched... tone with respect to Greece than Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had done in the wake of the news
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Coalition to focus on constitutional reform after electoral law, as TV tender progresses
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe president’s powers and possibly having him or her elected by voters rather than MPs. Prime Minister... be made rather than setting out specific proposals. It is clear that the debate about the electoral
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The cat is out of the bag: Europe's politics is a mess
Agorabe overturned? An appeal to your successor to tread carefully and look further ahead than you did? No, you... that pursuing a different economic policy is easier said than done. This week, the European Commission
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Sallas exit from Piraeus marks end of era in Greek banking sector
EconomyBankingof 678 units, around 70 branches more than its closest rival, Alpha. Following the latest... at 7.8 billion, while it employed more than 19,250 staff. It should be noted that following
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