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Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward
Agorapercent. A jobless recovery may well be in the works during most of 2014. But it risks further stretching... economy in 2014 may continue to be characterised by low growth levels, persistent high unemployment
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Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the first time in May and continued heading south for four straight months, resumed a positive... to Eurostat. Core inflation in Greece remains consistently in the red since May 2012. The internal
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SYRIZA gives up on "odious debt" write-off but not major debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsas we head into a pre-election period before May's European Parliament and local polls. The Cretan... the idea of writing off copious amounts of "odious debt" may have been killed off, SYRIZA's
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Sales season pushes November retail volume to growth for the first time since March 2010
Economy). Automotive fuel showed a 1.3 percent hike for the first time since May and was the second positive... two interim sales periods, in the first ten days of November and May, on top of the regular two
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Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial
PoliticsGreek Politicson May 25. It had initially been thought that the European elections would coincide with the first round... on May 25 are well-founded. In the last local elections of 2010, voter participation stood
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Cooperatives on Cyprus: Why they were treated differently to banks
Agorathe US bailed out Fannie May and Freddie Mac with 200 billion dollars. These two companies were... by the government they were not given explicit guarantees by the Federal state. Fannie May and Freddie Mac were
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Fragmented, weak Greek centre left fails to find basis for cooperation
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the “Olive Tree” alliance in the European Parliament elections on May 25. The 58 reacted... something new. PASOK, meanwhile, is heading for another electoral drubbing in May. Most recent polls
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Another party arrives on Greece's increasingly diffuse political scene
PoliticsGreek Politicsby figures on the centre-left is likely to stand on its own in the May 25 European Parliament..., including who will represent it. It is not clear if the party stands any chance of making an impact in May
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A return to capital markets for Greek banks but no return to domestic lending
AgoraIn the future we may look back on the past two weeks as a watershed moment for Greek banks following the onset of the twin financial and sovereign debt crisis in 2009. After extensive and well... not become the default option of Greek banks. But more may be in stock this year when the European
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New Democracy and SYRIZA draw battle lines for European elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy and SYRIZA, the two parties that will contest first place in the European Parliament elections on May 25, have announced their candidates and set out their campaign strategies... ahead of the May and June national elections in 2012, Samaras argued that the New Democracy-led
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