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Alpha Bank buoyed by 800-mln-euro share capital raise
EconomyBankingAlpha Bank announced on Friday the successful completion of its 800-million-euro share capital raise, following a three-day book building process, with the price set at 1 euro per share. This is the second systemic bank capital raise after Piraeus Bank last month. It raised 1.38 billion euros
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Impact of Delta variant hampers government's plans
PoliticsGreek Politicseuros, from 650. This would be at the same level as in 2012. For 2022, GSEE proposes a second round
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Scrutiny over mandatory vaccines puts govt on tricky ground
PoliticsGreek Politicsexacerbated the second Covid wave in Greece. Meanwhile, calls are growing from the catering sector
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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the 15-17 age group would open on Thursday. A demonstration also took place in Greece’s second-largest
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Athens waits to be convinced of Ankara's willingness to talk
PoliticsForeign Policyto resolve the matter at The Hague and the second issue is subject to talks between Athens and Libya’s
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Growing Covid threat foils government's attempt to look ahead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s efforts to look ahead to the second half of its four-year term and the recovery from the pandemic appear to be losing traction by the day as the coronavirus becomes an ever more dominant part of the daily political agenda in Greece. The decision taken on Saturday to impose a night
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Surge linked to Delta variant causes jitters about tourism, return to school
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the second year running through complacency and negligent planning. After Mykonos, a list
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PM relies on patchwork of measures to keep Covid at bay as jab uptake flags
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKINAL. Second party SYRIZA, Communist Party KKE, leftists MeRA25 and far-right Greek Solution all voted
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Retail index rises another 15 pct in May from 2020 lows
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s retail sales index continued its impressive rise with a 15 percent year-on-year (YoY) rise in May, from a slightly revised jump of 38.8 percent in April, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority data released on Friday. This is the second, consecutive, rise of the index since October
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NBG increases profits in H1 as it progresses with NPE clean up
EconomyBankingof the bank’s blended funding cost to nearly zero in H1 (1 bps), compared with 19 bps in the second quarter
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