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Significant post-election economic challenges await Greek coalition
Economyis that of further reform to the pension system. The merging of all supplementary pension funds... to be created in the following sectors: tourism, agriculture and fishery, and packaging. So far, all
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EU elections do not mark end of numbers game in Greek politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsescalation of tension between the government and the opposition all the way to the end of Papoulias’s... deputies who are considering jumping ship. All this underlines that while Sunday’s results did
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How Greek banks moved into a new era
Agora, Greek banks have materially reduced their Eurosystem funding with all banks currently having zero... this year. Current consensus estimates point to a loss-making year for all banks except National, while
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicslist of Greeks who had deposits at the Geneva branch of HSBC. All along, the political system has.... “Perhaps a person with such a difficult job shouldn’t speak at all,” said New Democracy’s Manolis
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Greece ponders how to deal with rising unpaid private debt, which hit 88 pct of GDP
Economy. The potential solution mainly involves an out-of-court mechanism where all creditors will decide... whether a potential settlement will be equally split between all kinds of debt and whether future
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The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics
Agoraof the Games does not lie here, though. After all, key venues are in use. Also, one could point... the implications of joining the single currency, so its Olympic planners placed all the emphasis on getting
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Coalition warms to option of Kouvelis as president but success not guaranteed
PoliticsGreek Politics, it is not definite that Kouvelis would receive the backing of all DIMAR MPs. Three of the party’s... the option of Kouvelis highlights the paucity of candidates with the necessary criteria. After all
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Standoff over civil servants in Greece bears hallmarks of pre-election clash
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA showdown that bears all the hallmarks of a pre-election clash is brewing between the government and SYRIZA over the evaluation of civil servants. The conflict has arisen from the refusal... the government’s attempt to pinpoint all the civil servants who had their fixed-term contracts
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Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
Agora, are to be avoided. He needs at least a couple, but possibly all four, of the following things... had run its course, unable to free Greece of its shackles. However, if Samaras secures some or all
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Greek primary cash surplus more than doubles to 2.45 bln at end of August
EconomyMacroeconomyin the corresponding period last year. All gg sub-sectors continued showing a primary cash surplus in the 8-month... of the all sub-sectors. Arrears of the state budget (265 million euros), local government (345 million
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