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  1. Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
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    Agora

    “Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided

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  2. ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among

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  3. Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six

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  4. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    , as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... are without a job and have diminishing prospects of finding one. Over the last three years, salaries have

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  5. Athens prepares new primary residences proposal after finding common ground with banks
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    EconomyProgramme

    The Greek government and local banks are reportedly making progress in their discussions about how to replace the Katseli law, which expires at the end of the month, with a new framework for protecting primary residences from foreclosure. The two sides ...

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  6. Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
    Finance Ministry

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....

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  7. VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
    Finance Ministry

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....

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  8. BoG charts how crisis has affected private sector employment

    Economy

    private sector employment has been affected during the crisis. The first finding is related... is some 20 percent below that of men (53.5 euros). Another important finding from the BoG study... shift work. In addition, 94,000 employees saw a wage reduction in their labour contracts in 2012

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  9. Credit contraction decelerates to 0.9 pct in April, net additions climb to 659 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The positive flow in April is almost entirely attributed to corporate sector net additions of 763... positive for the third successive month, with net additions climbing to 763 million in April

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  10. Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier

    Agora

    surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that a legally-binding commitment to implement further debt... into any binding discussion about debt relief. However, it is doubtful if Tsipras’s hard-pressed MPs

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