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Retail sales down by 3.8 pct in Jan for eighth straight fall
EconomyMacroeconomyhas posted only one positive reading, of 2.4 percent in May 2015, over the last 15 months. Retail.... Retail turnover has been reduced by almost one third since 2009 largely reflecting a similar drop
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Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up
PoliticsGreek Politicsto try to achieve one without the IMF rejecting some of the fiscal measures the coalition feels... to hold on to some of his supporters. Increasing the level of polarisation is one way to rally his
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Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat two agreements would be drafted: One with Greece’s European lenders and the other..., one question that hangs over the process is whether the German Parliament will be willing
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Overdue contributions rise by 429 mln to 15.78 bln in Q1
Economyof 963 million (6.1 percent of total). In addition, one in four debtors owes between 15,000... to those owing between 50 and 100,000 euros for a total amount of 3.88 billion (one quarter of the total
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Greeks' confidence in democracy faltering, survey suggests
Societyor disgust towards them. Only one in four (26.5 percent) said they respected the prime minister, while a quarter said they feel anger towards him. One in three said they were apathetic towards Tsipras
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Greek effort to heal rift with Balkan neighbours may have come too late
PoliticsForeign Policyon these issues, which is one of the key reasons behind Skopje’s decision to close the borders with Greece... in the response from Athens is one of the factors that led to the cooperation between Austria
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Nine in 10 Greeks under 30 feel marginalised due to crisis
Society, with only one percent in Germany saying this was the case. Yet, Greeks under 30 recorded the second-lowest rate (6 percent) of those who have studied, trained or worked in another EU country, a one
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Slow pace of returns and relocations leaves refugee crisis finely balanced
PoliticsForeign Policyrefugees that have reached Greece since the “one-for-one” agreement with Turkey was made have been
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund... Board. The BoD may have up to two executive members. The EC and the ESM will jointly appoint one
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EWG clears 7.5 bln tranche for Greece in first step before disbursement
EconomyProgrammefor the disbursement of the next tranche of 7.5 billion euros. One of the key prior actions related... billion euros, around one third of the bailout aid, in the next months, which correspond to almost
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