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Greece rises through the ranks for LNG transport tankers
EconomyFeatures. Qatar holds the third spot with 59 vessels, but has the biggest overall capacity. Greece stands... has the first spot, followed closely by Japan and Qatar holding the third place. This latest... has voiced its interest in acting as a southern European energy hub for over a decade. The TAP and IGB
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Coalition set to extend, improve OCW but opinion poll favours ND
PoliticsGreek Politicsimprovements to the electronic platform. The updated scheme has only been in effect since September... Democracy has extended its lead over SYRIZA, although both parties have increased their support since... stands at 33.5 percent, and at 23 percent for SYRIZA. Backing for the conservatives has increased by 2
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Unemployment at 18.6 pct in October as unemployed fall by 12.2 pct year-on-year
EconomyMacroeconomyunchanged from September, October’s figure marks the seventh consecutive month that unemployment has... 3.84 million people, marking the sixth time that the figure has exceeded 3.8 million since February... to 23.1 percent. This figure has been in decline since the high of 31.6 percent in May 2013
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Kammenos walks out on coalition, triggers confidence vote that will affect timing of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras can reach the 151 out of 300 MPs he needs for a parliamentary majority. SYRIZA has 145 MPs... of To Potami’s six MPs, Spyros Danellis, who has suggested that he will back the government even though... involved in such a process but Kammenos has already made it clear how he intends to campaign
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Lenders put spotlight back on pending reforms ahead of second post-MoU review
EconomyProgramme. He said that only if the lenders are satisfied Greece has accomplished these tasks will about 700... also showed that in certain outstanding actions, progress has not been made. For example... has suffered significant delays with no appointment completed until the time of the report’s
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To Potami expected to provide clinching votes in vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe deal. SYRIZA has 145 lawmakers but is also counting on the votes of former Independent Greeks...-left lawmakers that favours the deal. Also, there has been much speculation about what stance George... of elections, providing Tsipras the chance to convince voters that it has no future
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Disposable income rises by 4.1 pct YoY in Q3, final consumption grows 1.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyStatistical Authority (ELSTAT) data released on Thursday. The YoY change in disposable income has... of 0.4 percent in social contributions. Since 2011, disposable income has fallen by 17.2 percent.... Employee compensation has fallen by 14.8 percent over the last seven years due to a sharp rise
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Unemployment rate at 18.5 pct in Nov as jobless drop below 900,000
EconomyMacroeconomy, the unemployment rate came to 21.1 percent. Unemployment has continued to slowly fall over the last... reached 3.87 million people, marking the seventh time that the figure has exceeded 3.8 million since.... This figure has been in decline since the high of 31.6 percent in May 2013. The unemployment rate
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Primary residences and lignite units top agenda ahead of Eurogroup
EconomyProgrammerelated to the post-bailout commitments the government has to complete. The European Commission is due... pressure to show progress on a number of fronts. One of the key issues that has to be resolved is what... seems to be that SYRIZA has suggested a three-step process for addressing non-performing mortgages
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Banks and government inching towards new framework to protect primary homes
EconomyProgrammeindicated that all those involved agreed that there has to be an agreement in the coming days..., the idea of a horizontal haircut for non-performing mortgages has been dropped. Instead, the scheme... homeowners have to repay each month. It has set aside 150 million euros this year for this purpose
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