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  1. Greece's latest GDP figures and what to expect for the rest of the year
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    Agora

    the full year forecasts can be met. The Bank of Greece (BoG) and the European Commission (EC

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  2. Greece's 2009 deficit makes for a good conspiracy; shame about the numbers

    Agora

    advantage of the fact that the European Commission was looking the other way, attempted to cover up

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  3. Lower bad loan provisions and increased write-offs for Greek banks in Q2
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    Economy

    of the comprehensive assessment conducted by the European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism

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  4. Over 26 pct of young Greeks out of education, training and work - second highest in EU
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    Society

    Greece has the second highest share in the European Union of NEETs – young people aged 20-24 who are neither in employment nor in education or training – and also saw its proportion of NEETs jump by 9.3 percentage points over a decade, data from Eurostat shows. Just over one in four (26.1 percent

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  5. Q2 GDP rebounds 0.2 pct QoQ but shrinks 0.9 pct YoY amid consumption drop and investment rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The European Commission and BoG project a modest recession of 0.3 percent for 2016, while the OECD

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  6. Greek, Turkish foreign ministers hold informal talks as refugee crisis, Cyprus loom
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    An unofficial meeting between the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers on Crete on Sunday culminated in message of support for Turkey’s European prospects. After holding talks lasting almost three hours, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, visited

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  7. Retail sales drop for thirteenth straight month by 5.2 pct in June
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent). The latest retail-related business indicators released by the European Commission on Tuesday

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  8. Economic sentiment rises to 92.5 pts in Aug, consumer confidence edges down for second straight month
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) increased for the second straight month in August, when it increased by 1.6 points, following a rise by 1.2 points in July, the European Commission (EC) figures showed on Thursday. In absolute terms, ESI improved to 92.5 in August, its highest level since April

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  9. Latest data highlights how hard it is for unemployed Greeks to find jobs
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    Society

    Out of all the people in Greece who were unemployed in the fourth quarter 2015, 94.6 percent remained out of work in the first quarter 2016, in what is the highest rate in the European Union, data from Eurostat has shown. Only 4.3 percent of jobless Greeks moved into employment and 1.1 percent

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  10. After joy of TV permit auction, Tsipras faces programme restrictions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    published on Saturday, European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling made it clear

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