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Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
PoliticsGreek Politicscondemned by the opposition as an admission of failure of New Democracy’s “law and order” agenda... Citizen Protection spokesman Christos Spirtzis called for all 4,500 recent recruits, which he... and order” doctrine espoused by New Democracy. In a parliamentary question submitted
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Greece makes first contact with new Syrian leader as PM chases up missile issue in Paris
PoliticsForeign Policyin order to ensure calm and prosperity in the region." Gerapetritis was one of the first European foreign... a reliable interlocutor of all countries in the region. Gerapetritis also expressed Greece's readiness... mechanisms on the grounds of security and public order, and to ensure Union-wide coordination
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Drop in Greek industrial production accelerates in June, falling by 6.7 pct
EconomyMacroeconomythat ELSAT revised the historical data and is now using 2010 as the base year rather than 2005. All four... production retreated 3.2 percent, mainly reflecting a double-digit drop in electricity production (-12.4... products also showed a double-digit increase at 13.3 and 10.6 percent respectively. The latest
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Car sales still going strong in 2014; up by 33.7 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomy(+29.6 percent) in line with the total headline figure. All indications point to a strong double-digit... Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). October was the sixth straight month with a double-digit reading
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Industrial production shoots up by 5 pct in March for highest rise since 2007
EconomyMacroeconomy. On the flipside, mining and quarrying production posted a double-digit drop (-12.3 percent), while electricity production eased by 1.7 percent. The five main industrial groupings all recorded.... In contrast, mining and quarrying production posted a double-digit drop (-11.9 percent) with electricity
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Industrial production down by 4.5 pct in June for third monthly drop this year
EconomyMacroeconomyand the highest drop since August 2014. All sub-indices recorded a decline in June with the biggest... displayed mixed trends. Energy and capital goods’ production posted a double-digit decrease of 14... (-48.3 percent) followed by double-digit drops in coke and refined petroleum products (-27.1 percent
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Turnover in services sector deteriorates in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomy, scientific and technical activities (-7.2 percent). On the flipside, double-digit growth rates were posted...) and security and investigation activities (+11 percent). On a quarterly basis, almost all sectors... (-36 percent). In contrast, double-digit growth over the past 5 years has been posted by employment
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Building activity decreases at slower pace of 5.3 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyfigures for the first four months point to double-digit decline in all building activity figures... time, the building surface and volume continued heading south at double-digit rates decreasing by 11
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Travel receipts drop 9.2 pct in Aug, dragging balance down 10.6 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyrose at a double-digit rate of 14 percent to 235.6 million. As a result, the travel surplus dropped... receipts showed a remarkable drop from all key countries. In particular, receipts from France...) showed that international tourist arrivals at the main Greek airports grew at double-digit rate
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Another spin of the wheel for Greece
Agoraof the imposition of capital controls last year – there has been a double-digit increase in the use of debit... percentage said it did “with some difficulty”. This is more than double the EU average. Greece... of uncertainty in the Greek crisis. Perhaps they should have kept the Ferris Wheel at Syntagma Square after all
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