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  1. Industrial production up for fourth straight month in July with 4.1 pct rise

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    by 8.3 percent from last year. However, energy production fell by 3.1 percent. The more detailed.... The key positive contributor to the year to date performance remained manufacturing production..., extending the year-to-date improvement to 8.5 points. In addition, Markit’s Manufacturing PMI increased

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  2. Building activity slumps by 21.7 pct in June for sixth successive month
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    , which is the highest reading in the first half of the year. The regional breakdown displayed... then. Last year, building activity eased 0.9 percent extending the series of negative performance to ten... straight quarter dropping by 2.7 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of this year and extending the nosedive

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  3. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    Agora

    , efforts are being made to ensure Greece meets Dublin standards by the end of the year... that since last year, less than 4,500 asylum seekers had been relocated from Greece and Italy, which makes... year. Since then, fences have gone up in order to prevent migrants leaving Greece unchecked

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  4. Athens briefed as talks on Cyprus reunification intensify

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    clear from the time that talks began a year ago. On the issue of guarantees, Athens has a clear... proceedings at this year’s United Nations General Assembly. The United States and the European Union have shown a keen interest for a final solution to be found this year. European Commission

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  5. Mitsotakis uses tax cut pledge as driving force in effort to provide alternative
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    year, 10 in the second), he also proposed to slash corporate tax from 29 percent to 20, reduce the levy... after 2018 and that 120,000 new jobs could be created each year. Mitsotakis stressed the vital role... of 100 billion euros in the Greek economy over a five-year period, taking private investment up to 20

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  6. Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    last year the government has held up the TV tender as a prime example of its self-professed attempt... to Kalogritsas since the beginning of last year (when SYRIZA came to power), all of which was taking place... under investigation by tax authorities last year due to discrepancies between their deposits

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  7. Deposits grow by 1.3 bln in August, highest inflow in 2016

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    indicates the highest positive flow in the course of this year. As a result, deposit balance edged up... by households (278 million). Following the improved performance in August, the year to date deposit flow turned... the beginning of the year. Total deposits - which also include general government (gg) as well as euro

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  8. New overdue taxes climb 1.4 bln in Aug, total stock edges up to 91.6 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    highest reading for this year after the peak of 1.46 billion posted in January. GSPR figures... to the figure of 7.95 billion recorded in the corresponding period of last year. Since tax revenues reached... year were paid. At the same time, legacy tax arrears (i.e. those created before 2016) slipped by 214

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  9. Athens chided over asylum process but complex set of obstacles in way
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Service, asylum applications in August were 221 percent up on the monthly average last year. Less... to relocate 30,000 refugees from Greece within the next year. The original target was to relocate 160,000 from Greece and Italy over the course of two years. However, a year on from that pledge

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  10. How Greece's political system failed to safeguard the largest investment in the country's history

    Agora

    percent in the last quarter of that year. The market priced in the prevailing uncertainty as Prime... deterioration of the loan portfolio. Banks shares slumped by another 91 percent by the end of the year. The share collapse in the second half of the year was marked by two key developments. The banking index

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