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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
on the fence around a new transit centre for refugees that has been created in the Schisto area of Athens... of the government. Tsipras has proposed holding a meeting of party leaders’ before he heads to the crucial March 7... and social conflict is much larger. As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord
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Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
EconomyProgrammenoted that the key area of divergence is over the reduction of the single property tax (ENFIA
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The refugee crisis and the beast within
Agoracentre for refugees that has been created in the Schisto area of Athens. Similar incidents have taken...As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast
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Sharp increase in May arrivals, particularly from Germany, delivers travel balance boost
EconomyMacroeconomyof the EU receipts dropped by 2 percent to 312 million. Euro area residents were the main contributor... million. The non-euro area EU28 spending came to 347 million, up by over 32 percent. Germany had... percent, while those outside of the EU dropped by 2.4 percent. Visitors from the euro area were up
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agoraand executed left scars throughout the euro area. In the countries that had to succumb to adjustment... the euro area. Within this context, the role of the ECB and its presidents needs to be scrutinised... and today what counts is to abide by the rules, to have well-managed governance of the euro area
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Cost of Greek corporate loans rises in April, remains well above euro average
EconomyMacroeconomyand remained well above the euro area average, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). This rate had... the respective euro-area average rate of 1.56 percent in April, although the difference narrowed during... to 6 percent. The average euro-area rate on corporate loans over 1 million euros stands almost 4
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ECB survey shows enduring preference for cash payments in Greece
EconomyFeaturescard and electronic payments. The study titled “The use of cash by households in the euro area... surveyed at 75 percent. The survey found that in 2016, euro area consumers made 1.6 payments per day on average, equalling nearly 11 payments per week. Of these, the average in the euro area was 1.2
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Greek banks eye positive market appetite for bad loan sales
EconomyBankingthat will be led by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and will examine 35 significant euro area banks, which... a holding company. In Piraeus Bank’s preliminary summary ahead of their full 2019 results, the bank... as forthcoming legislative reforms. Alpha Alpha Bank is also holding roadshows in Paris and London this week
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Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward
Agoraarea as its 18th member. It thereby becomes the second Baltic state to join the eurozone after... area and will be the poorest country in the single currency zone (measured in terms of GDP-per-capita... structural reforms implied. Euro area membership for Latvia and the rotating EU presidency for Greece
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Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
PoliticsGreek PoliticsReports that the Culture Ministry has launched a bid to categorise almost the entire area... or archaeological discoveries that may hold up the redevelopment plan. However, the site being declared an area... of exaggerating the potential impact of its plan. According to the ministry, the area that the ministry
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