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Rental subsidy rekindles political debate over housing crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the measure was not a “panacea” for the housing crisis, but was not insignificant either. The total... fell to 35.2 pct in the second ballot. The Interior Ministry believes the new system will ensure
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Gerapatritis to meet Rubio again as Greece pushes Vertical Corridor in Washington
PoliticsGreek Politics’s systems, as well as for a second FSRU in Greece, with a total cost of 1 billion... Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and representatives of the White House
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Credit growth stable at 0.9 pct in Oct, led by lending to corporates
EconomyMacroeconomyby 148 million, following positive by 611 million euros in the previous month, taking the balance
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Card transactions in Greece experience boost due to capital controls
EconomyBanking. In 2014, the last year before capital controls were enforced, total card transactions in Greece came... million. Out of the total, the biggest growth was seen in debit card usage, where transactions went.... In terms of transaction value, a total of 6.1 billion euros worth of card transactions were carried out
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Watchdog's ruling in voter email leak prompts opposition calls for minister to resign
PoliticsGreek Politicson the Interior Ministry in connection to the leaked emails. They were found to have breached data... the time of the national elections. Someone from the Interior Ministry, who has not been identified... for the European Parliament elections next month. Interior Minister Niki Kerameus has stressed
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In latest review of loan quality, BoG says capital ratios to remain high after targeted NPE reduction
EconomyBanking’ (performing or past due less than 90 days) NPEs widened to 27.6 percent of total NPEs in the first half... percent of total performing exposures from 12.7 percent at the end of 2015. In addition, exposures... to 19.5 percent of total exposures from 17.6 percent at the end of 2015. In specific, the stock
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Central gov't cash deficit down to 1.14 bln in March
EconomyMacroeconomybasis. The remaining difference (277 million) is owed to changes in the state accounts with the BoG
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Greek travel receipts rise 9.1 pct in January as surplus doubles
EconomyMacroeconomyto 277 euros. The breakdown of incoming tourist activity by country showed strong growth in arrivals
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Primary cash surplus widens to 2.66 bln in first five months of 2016
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash balance climbed to 2.66 billion euros in the first five months of 2016 from 1.07 billion euros last year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Friday. However, the monthly data points to a primary cash deficit of 277 million euros in May from a small
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Primary cash balance posts deficit of 316 mln in first 5 months
EconomyMacroeconomyof the year. It is noted that, excluding arrears’ payments, the respective figure dropped by 277 million
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