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  1. Travel balance increases by 16 pct in June and 19.5 pct in first half of year
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s travel balance rose by 16 percent in June, slowing from an increase of 38.2 percent in May, Bank of Greece (BoG) data revealed on Tuesday. Receipts came to 2.33 billion euros for the month, an increase of 16 percent. Travel payments rose by 16.5 percent, but the absolute figure was much

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  2. Focus turns to first post-MoU visit by creditors and talks on pension cuts
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    plans to make. Athens is eyeing a package of between 700 and 750 million euros, which may be announced

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  3. Athens eyes cancellation of pension cuts as Tsipras prepares Thessaloniki package
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    ahead of the next general elections, which are expected in May 2019. Ideally, the prime minister would

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  4. Piraeus Bank posts net profit of 24 mln in Q2, ELA funding fully eliminated
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    to reduce the balance of bad loans on its books. In May and July, the bank announced the signing

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  5. Coalition tweaks labour market, lines up more post-MoU changes
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    picture may only start to emerge once Tsipras and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis have set

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  6. Tsipras and Mitsotakis gear up for economy pledges, with eyes on fiscal targets
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    next May. Setting out the measures over a four-year period not only means that the volume

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  7. PM stands by Macedonia name deal, Kammenos continues to sow confusion

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    . Within this context, it is worth noting that May is seen as the most likely date for the next general

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  8. Building permits rise by 16.2 pct in June and 7.5 pct in first half of year

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Building permits rose by 16.2 percent in June, picking up strongly from a rise of 4.4 percent noted in May, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Wednesday showed. The latest monthly headline figure marks three months of growth after March’s decline which was the first negative

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  9. Mixed picture for government after first day of talks with creditors
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    on Greece. This also means that whatever is discussed or agreed at a technocratic level may not necessarily

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  10. Eurosystem funding down to 12.63 bln in August, banknotes in circulation rise slightly
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    with the ECB has increased after smaller increases in March and May. The BoG figures also revealed

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