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GDP grows by 0.1 pct in Q4, up by 1.4 pct in 2017
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) GDP grew by 0.1 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the fourth... the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of 1.6 percent. This was driven largely by a 15.7... and services rising by 6.8 percent. Imports of goods and services increased by 7.2 percent. The MoF’s final
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Clearer roadmap for completion of third programme emerging
EconomyProgrammein Brussels yesterday ahead of Monday’s Eurogroup, a senior EU official said that the programme progress... relief framework. Asked about the prospect of the ESM buying out Greece’s debt to the IMF, he responded that the Fund is in favour of any measure that reduces a country’s debt. The country’s exit
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Industrial production falls by 1.7 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) declined by 1.7 percent in January after December’s.... January’s headline figure is the first time since January 2014 that the year began with a negative... percent). The seasonally adjusted IPI fell by 0.4 percent, and came to 96.17 for January. January’s
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday, the Hellenic Football Federation’s court of appeal decided to rescind a three-point penalty... because of its owner’s links to the current government. Savvidis has cultivated a close... of the guarantee for the deal was put into administration by Russia’s central bank. Savvidis has been
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PM sparks speculation with Theodorakis talks as centre-left gears up for congress
PoliticsGreek PoliticsIn a move that caused a stir within Greece’s centre-left, To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis met... on Monday afternoon, during which Tsipras reportedly agreed to follow up on Potami’s proposal... Democracy’s stance as “conservative rejectionism.” The news that the meeting between Theodorakis
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Coalition struggles to contend with fallout from football crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsits ties to Savvidis, who made headlines around the world when he stormed onto the pitch at PAOK’s... this into a broader theme about the government’s approach to the judiciary and its attempt to shape... SEKAP. Nevertheless, there is pressure on the coalition to deal with the consequences of Savvidis’s
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Tsipras suffers setbacks in bid to build momentum ahead of MoU exit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s lead and ensure that he went out on a high, leaving him in a good position to plan... and PAOK football club chairman Ivan Savvidis appear to have clipped the government’s wings. Also..., Marc’s survey confirms that the leftists have more potential to increase their share of the vote
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Politicians increasingly focussing on post-MoU landscape
PoliticsGreek Politicsto weave these developments into its political narrative was evident in the minister’s response... that he backs this option. “Time is on the government’s side and every month that passes makes things... of the coalition’s four-year term (September 2019) rather than trying to capitalise on whatever positive sentiment
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Elections and possible alliances on political agenda again
PoliticsGreek Politics’s leader in November. The rumours were fuelled by her decision to recently write to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to propose ideas for a review of Greece’s constitution, which irked some centre-left... government would scrap the current coalition’s plans for the proportional representation system
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Juncker heralds MoU exit but fails to add clarity during Athens visit
EconomyProgrammeas a symbolic gesture ahead of Friday’s Eurogroup and within the context of the final months of Greece’s third programme, it did little to provide clarity regarding the obstacles that have... in Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper that German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has insisted in his
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