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Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
PoliticsGreek PoliticsReports that the Culture Ministry has launched a bid to categorise almost the entire area..., although the government insists that the impact of the move has been exaggerated. Kathimerini... of September is one of the tasks the government has to cross off its list to complete the second review
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Athens watches Turkey-Russia rapprochement with interest
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has been closely monitoring Turkey’s attempt to mend fences with Moscow, a process... be an alternative ally to the EU, which has been critical of his handling of the coup aftermath..., Erdogan - obviously annoyed by the ambiguous position of many EU leaders - has threatened to scrap
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Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsand putting that at risk would not make sense. While New Democracy has consistently called for elections over the last few months, there has also been speculation that Tsipras might opt for an unexpected visit... at this stage. His government has survived the toughest bailout review it is likely to face with minimal
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Opposition leaders rule out support for SYRIZA as battle for centre ground looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the months to come. The Union of Centrists, led by the quirky Vassilis Leventis, has for some time... chief, whose party has nine MPs, insisted that he would only enter government if it is an ecumenical... the coalition over some issues, such as electoral reform, has made it very difficult to interpret his
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Lesvos fire highlights growing threat to government from refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyon the island has been rising for weeks. Migrants are growing increasingly upset at remaining in limbo... on Lesvos. The government faces two immediate challenges: Firstly, it has to find accommodation...-governmental organisations so far. The refugee crisis has been largely on the back burner over
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Economic sentiment falls to 91.4 pts in September, consumer confidence notably rebounds
EconomyMacroeconomyin September, which is the second highest reading since April. In addition, it has risen by 3.8... figure is the highest reading since January, while consumer confidence has decreased by 4.8 points.... Despite the decline in September, it has posted gains of 9.7 points since the beginning of the year
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Office prices edge up 0.2 pct in H1, retail prices drop 0.8 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyof 0.6 percent from the low of 70.9 in H2 2014. However, it has fallen by 30.2 percent from the peak... the high of 114 posted in H2 2008, the office price index has sharply dropped by 36.1 percent... but fell 0.7 percent YoY to 72.8 in H1. Since 2008, the index has tumbled by almost 35 percent
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Deadlock at NBG over chairman appointment
EconomyBankingThomopoulos, who was proposed as nominee for the position of BoD chair. Thomopoulos has some 40 years of experience in the financial sector and has served as deputy governor of Bank of Greece (BoG... but it appears that a compromise has not been reached. The appointment of chair is usually carried out
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Attacks on Chios refugee camp underline precarious balance on islands
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Greece is edging up towards 62,500. The UNHCR said that it has tried to ease the overcrowding on Chios... on the islands, which are housing more refugees than they have capacity for, has been highlighted many times... for the migrants’ plight, islanders saw tourism revenues drop this summer and this has stoked some resentment
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Mitsotakis renews appeal to PASOK and Potami for joint drive
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJust a few days after naming a shadow cabinet, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has issued... is the approach that PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata has followed so far, much to the frustration of some in her party. Former leader Evangelos Venizelos has been the most outspoken critic of this approach
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