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  1. Central government debt edges down to 321 bln in Q1

    Economy

    of December and currently make up more than 68 percent of central government debt. The bulk of FSM... remained unchanged QoQ at 14.88 billion, making up 4.6 percent of debt, while repos edged up by more than... in Q4 2015. Around 80 percent of Q1 outstanding debt has a residual maturity of more than 5 years

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  2. Paddling with a wooden spoon
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    Agora

    met at the Eurogroup has been pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang..., rather than who came out on top. If this is the question, then perhaps we have to accept that Alexis... to secure significant, game-changing debt relief for Greece than he did over the last few days

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  3. Some basic products in Greece among most expensive in EU

    Society

    . Comparatively, fish is also more expensive in Greece than in most EU countries. Consumers pay 113 percent... in 2015 than in the previous year (77.4 percent) in Greece, the data showed. The data is based... of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages across the EU was more than twice as high in the most

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  4. Pending pensions mount up, complicating fiscal effort
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    Economy

    million from OAEE. This also reflects the reduced state subsidy, which was trimmed by more than 1.4..., bureaucratic or other reasons) has reached 159,290 cases. More than half (85,300) related to IKA... months for most funds. It doubles for those insured with more than one fund. POPOKP noted

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  5. Marinopoulos travails point to wider difficulties for supermarket sector

    EconomyFeatures

    decision to file for bankruptcy. The Marinopoulos story is more complicated than that of another Greek... percent) spends less than 200 euros per month according to the survey. Another survey released in April... from Eurostat released in June this year showed that Greeks pay 31 percent more than the EU average

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  6. Electoral law vote brought forward, refugee crisis returns to political agenda
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    this week, rather than Friday as had originally been planned. There is no obvious tactical move... rather than Parliament. However, the prime minister does not appear to have the support of his... more than 3,000 migrants on Lesvos. Despite the recent lull in arrivals, problems remain at the island

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  7. Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    but with a simple majority rather than a supermajority of at least 200 votes. The result means that 17-year... 35.5 percent of the vote, would receive 114 seats rather than the 145 it got. This would mean that rather than having to find one coalition partner (e.g. Independent Greeks, who would gain two more

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  8. Thinking outside of the box

    Agora

    by the government and more than four channels were already operating, has been questioned. Pappas’s... 200 million euros. The coalition’s view is that allowing more than four channels to operate... closed the state broadcaster because they wanted to silence it rather than for fiscal reasons

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  9. Recent steady rise in refugee arrivals pose extra challenge for Greece
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to decongest the “hotspots” on other islands. There are currently more than 10,500 migrants (out of a total... average has increased to more than 80 (80.5), which is a rise of almost 70 percent. Mouzalas has... to last year or even earlier in 2016, when it was not uncommon for more than 1,000 people to arrive

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  10. Gap of 555 mln emerges in three key taxes in July ahead of a crucial September for revenues

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the 6.59 billion due. This means that the amount of VAT collected was 1.02 billion less than what... stood at 2.28 billion in 2015, 38 percent lower than those in 2013, while the amount due was 3.57... more than doubled over the last three years to 3.57 billion euros in 2015 from 1.66 billion in 2013

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