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  1. Fuels and food drive 0.7 pct YoY fall in Sept retail sales
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s retail sales dropped by 0.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) in September, after a strong rise of 5.1 percent in August, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday. September’s negative reading reversed the recent trend of three co...

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  2. Thinking outside of the box

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    of accusations about who is genuinely in favour of a free press. The government’s tender for national TV... been held, making Greece the only European Union country not to have auctioned TV permits. Instead... been one of the fundamental reasons for a shocking erosion of trust in Greek TV stations. According

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  3. Brewing dispute with media adds to Tsipras's headaches
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A rare live TV appearance by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday night provided little... appearance on the Star TV show, the premier said he expects the institutions’ heads of mission... in a TV interview on Sunday that the EU cannot “abandon” Greece and leave it to deal with the crisis

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  4. Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016

    Newsletters

    The government frames the issuing of permits as the first genuine attempt to regulate the TV broadcasting sector... of accusations about who is genuinely in favour of a free press. The government’s tender for national TV... been held, making Greece the only European Union country not to have auctioned TV permits. Instead

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  5. Newsletter 140 -17/11/2017

    Newsletters

    by 29.27 billion euros. This is mainly as a result of a fall in ELA funding by 20.91 billion and in ECB... programme was agreed. The majority of this fall (64.02 billion) comes from a lower reliance on ELA funding... offset departures of 1,891,064. Building activity falls by 5.2 pct in August Permits fall under

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  6. Newsletter 166 -15/06/2018

    Newsletters

    . Building permits fall by 2.3 pct in March Absolute permits rise above 1,000 after dipping below... percent, rebounding from a fall of 14.5 percent in February. On a regional basis, falls in permits... to the permits rose by 11.8 percent while volume rose by 4.2 percent. Apartment prices fall by 0.1 pct

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  7. General govt primary cash surplus at 1.65 bln in May on slower expenditure decline
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and stood at 695 million. The equivalent figure last year was 952 million. The next largest fall was in extrabudgetary funds, where a YoY fall of 241 million was observed. The total figure for this category... billion euros. ​This was driven primarily by a fall in interest paid (-876 million), purchases

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  8. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    permanent public sector staff and 15,000 contractors, at a cost of 600 million euros. These accusations... contractors. Their numbers have swelled from 3,413 in 2012 to 15,601 at the end of 2017. By far the largest

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  9. The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
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    interventions of its leader, Pablo Iglesias, on several TV talk shows– contrasted with the huge support... of online followers has soared while its presence on TV has exponentially risen to an extreme... in a TV debate. As a result, Iglesias has 100,000 more followers on Twitter than the Spanish prime

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  10. Complications over president a taste of things to come for Tsipras?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    received are likely to act as deterrents to Lafazanis and his colleagues. A Marc poll for Alpha TV... government has the overwhelming support of voters at the moment. Marc poll for Alpha TV: What's your... ready to accept a compromise. The Marc poll for Alpha TV indicates that 56 percent of Greeks want

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