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  1. Athens to send draft budget to Brussels after talks with IMF on pensions

    EconomyProgramme

    cuts than a few weeks ago, when European officials appeared reticent and IMF spokesman Gerry Rice... on hold, pending future fiscal performance, rather than scrapped completely.

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  2. Budget primary surplus at 4.18 bln in Sept as EU co-financed projects fall short
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    increased by 2 percent to 35.26 billion, lower than the target by 305 million. PIB PIB revenues came... million in the first nine months of the year, 805 million better than the target.

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  3. Greece 57th in WEF's Global Competitiveness Index based on new methodology

    EconomyFeatures

    was 62.1 percent, slightly better than the global average score of 60 percent. The result... to the US, while the worst spot was occupied by Chad at number 140. Germany scored 20 points higher than

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  4. Tsipras faces challenges ahead on multiple foreign policy fronts
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    ; Tsipras had a slightly different approach than his Foreign Minister when talks were taking place... Agreement. Logically, foreign policy in general is likely to become more static than in previous years

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  5. Revision confirms second year of total fiscal surplus at 0.8 pct of GDP
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    than the 178.6 percent in April’s estimate, mostly thanks to the upward revision of GDP. Greece’s... is lower as a percentage of the economy but at 317.4 billion is nominally higher than the 315 billion

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  6. Primary surplus confirmed at 4.80 bln on lower tax refunds and public investments
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent to 35.26 billion, lower than the target by 305 million. The MoF noted that the movement..., 805 million better than the target.

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  7. Athens and lenders yet to agree on how to drop pension cuts without creating fiscal gap
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    reaching 3.2 percent of GDP next year if the pension cuts are abandoned, rather than the 3.56..., raising the probability of the matter being settled at the Eurogroup in early December rather than next

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  8. Part-time work and low earnings overlie crisis-pounded labour market
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    Society

    to be unemployed than men, while youth unemployment remains rampant. The majority of new jobs being created are either part-time positions or flexible types of work rather than full-time employment

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  9. Religion plays strong role in identity, beliefs of Greeks, international survey suggests

    Society

    Europe were noticeably less accepting of minority groups than elsewhere in Europe, and also had more... their country than western Europeans. Around 74 percent of Greeks said that it was very or somewhat important

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  10. Preparing for a new normal in German politics
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    Agora

    than not to their chagrin and at times with high political costs (see, for example, the experiences... on the policy issues that matter was in the common interest. Nowhere is this better illustrated than

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