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Housing tops government plans for policy reset in autumn
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMeasures aimed at making housing more affordable are set to be one of the central themes... are reportedly set to receive a lump sum of 100-200 euros before Christmas. Low-income pensioners... necessary to put their apartments on the market. Another measure being lined up is a tender process
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Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhen Democratic Left quit the coalition government in June, the possibility of the small centre-left party bridging its differences with New Democracy and PASOK seemed impossible. Suddenly, though, some kind of reconciliation – a return to the governmen...
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Unemployment hit new high of 27.8 pct in October, set to rise further
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece officially assumed the presidency of the European Union on Wednesday, with the highest unemployment rate in the 28-member bloc. According to the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSTAT), the seasonally adjusted jobless rate in October stood at 27.8 p...
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Long-term jobless rate of 71 pct poses new set of social challenges for Greece
SocietyThere was a time when Greece’s unemployment rate caught the media’s attention as it quadrupled from 7.3 percent in the third quarter of 2008 to the recent record high of 27.8 percent in the first quarter of 2014. There is less of a fuss these days, thou...
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Greek banks' potential capital shortfalls set to be reduced by more than 2.5 bln
EconomyGreek media reported on Tuesday that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) will soon table in Parliament a draft bill which will allow the conversion of Greek banks’ Deferred Tax Asset (DTA) into tax credit. The new legal framework has to be approved by the Eur...
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ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
EconomyIn its latest comment on Greek banks, Fitch noted that they remain burdened by a large stock of non-performing loans (NPLs), despite capital enhancement and progress with their restructuring plans. On the key issue of the European Central Bank’s compreh...
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First Greek presidential vote to set tempo for final ballot on Dec 29
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of the presidential ballot on Wednesday evening (7 p.m. Greek time) is unlikely to provide any clear indications about whether the current Greek Parliament will manage to elect a new head of state by the final vote on December 29. The go...
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Varoufakis outlines contours of debt deal as haircut set aside
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe outlines of what the new Greek government is aiming to ask of its eurozone partners in terms of debt relief emerged on Monday evening, when Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis spoke to the Financial Times after meeting with British Chancellor George O...
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Greece's fiscal, debt and funding goals as set out at Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek Finance Ministry leaked today all the key documents that were presented to Greece’s Eurozone partners during the last two Eurogroup meetings on February 11 and 16. We will examine some of the main economic parameters put forward by the Greek s...
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Higher revenues set to ease coalition's liquidity concerns
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek state has to imminently cover funding needs of around 1.2 billion euros this week in two key transactions, which are the most important for April’s obligations. The first relates to the rollover of 1.4 billion of 6-month T-Bills that mature on...
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