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  1. Return to bond markets to buoy coalition, may leave SYRIZA floundering
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the borrowing cost is much higher than the bailout packages. Yet SYRIZA spent the last few years opposing... for snap polls later this year. SYRIZA has to aim for a better share of the vote than it received

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  2. Greek jobless rate eases for fourth straight month but still at 26.7 pct
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    Economy

    . The peak number was recorded in September at 1.39 million. The number of unemployed is more than triple.... For all other age groups the unemployment rate has more than tripled over the past 5 years

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  3. EU subsidies help push Q1 primary budget surplus to 1.57 bln, well above target

    Economy

    Greece’s budget execution showed a primary surplus of 1.57 billion euros in the first quarter of 2014, three times higher than the 520 million recorded in the corresponding period last year... better than target. The high PIB revenues posted in February led the 3-month figure to 2.04 billion

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  4. Central gov't cash deficit down to 1.14 bln in March

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    improves to 932 million. Nevertheless, the latter stands 634 million lower than the 3-month preliminary numbers released by the Ministry of Finance on April 14. More than half of the deviation is related

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  5. SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    attending Greek rather than Turkish-speaking schools. The leftists replaced her with a candidate from... a struggling PASOK. There are also questions about the party’s organisational capabilities given that more than

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  6. European Commission review of Greek programme: The key points

    EconomyProgramme

    to 125 percent in 2020 and 112 percent in 2022, which is slightly worse than the agreed targets of 124 percent in 2020 and less than 110 percent in 2022. The deterioration reflects lower forecasts

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  7. Greek primary surplus at 1.5 bln in Q1, aided by PIB and social underspend

    Economy

    Greece’s budget execution showed a primary surplus of 1.54 billion euros in the first quarter of 2014, three times higher than the 520 million posted in the corresponding period last year, according... billion, 823 million better than target. The exceptionally strong PIB revenues of 1.56 billion

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  8. New Democracy and SYRIZA neck and neck for EP vote but PASOK adrift
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    showing in polls could be attributed to its unfamiliarity is now over. With less than three weeks... that if the Olive Tree gets less than 10 percent in the European elections, this would create “a problem

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  9. Eurobank: From nationalisation to re-privatisation

    Agora

    that transaction no single shareholder controlled more than 5 percent of Eurobank shares. Most importantly... aid to Eurobank. Although the state aid to Eurobank (6.24 billion) is less than half compared

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  10. Q1 gg primary cash balance shows 2.5 bln surplus but 2014 arrears grow

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Greek general government (gg) primary cash surplus in the first quarter (Q1) of 2014 more than tripled to 2.5 billion from 770 million in the corresponding period last year, according the gg... (1.85 billion) and EFSF/ESM/IMF loans (1.3 billion) more than offsetting a net increase in short-term

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