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Central government debt grows to 343.74 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyin financial support mechanism loans (FSM). FSM loans continue to make up the lion’s share of overall.... A breakdown of the composition of borrowing for the first three months of 2018 showed that T-bills made up...-term (over 5 years) debt made up 76.7 percent of the total, while short-term (up to 1 year
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
Agora, was not afraid to criticise the government or opposition, opened up Thessaloniki to Jewish visitors... attacks such are Saturday’s can only be considered a natural consequence of this ramping up of tension... the flow of voters to Golden Dawn. In the run-up to the 2012 elections, for example, the opposition leader
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Newsletter 163 -25/05/2018
of the solidarity tax for those earning up to 30,000 euros, will apply in both years as well. Greece... to wrap up most of the remaining prior actions. The draft legislation will also contain the changes... briefly at the meeting of eurozone finance ministers because the Washington Group, made up of some
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Eurobank net profits at 34.5 mln in Q1
EconomyBankingpercent in Q4 2017. The NPL coverage ratio edged up to 70.6 percent. In the Greek market, the NPL ratio... part in reducing NPE stock going forward. Currently, Eurobank’s bad loan portfolio up for sale takes the form of loans up to 10,000 euros in credit card debt and unsecured overdrafts which have
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MTFS outlines ambitious economic and fiscal road for next four years
EconomyProgrammeorganisations. Growth will pick up to 2.4 percent in 2019 and remain above 2 percent before dropping to 1.8... was projected to accelerate with GDP up by 2.6 percent in 2019 but slowing thereafter to 2.3 percent... of 0.4 percent this year. Interest payments will start picking up from 2018, at 6.21 billion euros
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Travel balance down by 29 pct in April as receipts slump
EconomyMacroeconomy. Receipts came to 489.9 million euros for the month, edging up by 1 percent to 489.9 million. Travel... to over 140,800. Those from France fell by 32.4 percent to 61,200 while UK visitors edged up by 0.9... that tourist numbers could reach up to 30 million, but warns that this might be the last year
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The tie that binds
Agorasituation in any way. The event’s focus was an attempt to convince the public that SYRIZA had lived up..., is still fragile, the unemployment rate is still above 20 percent even though hirings have picked up, unpaid taxes continue to pile up and have passed the 100-billion-euro mark, more than 20 percent
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No bounce for Tsipras in poll as cracks appear in centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicson Friday, Tsipras announced that he had agreed with Greece’s lenders for the discount of up to 30... to take back migrants who have been registered on the Eurodac system but who end up at the German border illegally. In return, Berlin agreed to speed up the process of family reunifications for relatives
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BoG Monetary Policy Report positive on programme end but advises caution for future targets
EconomyBankingpercent. BoG anticipates Greek economic growth to pick up pace in the coming years, growing by 2 percent... and a marginal deficit of 0.1 percent of GDP in 2019. Prices will grow on average by 1 percent up to 2020... accelerate as banks have lined up various packages of loan sales. The deposit base is steadily
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
Agoramakers tried to come up with ways to address a crisis they were woefully unprepared for, while... came up with solutions that were sufficient to protect their own countries from the effects... appears a meagre fig leaf to cover up for the inadequacies of their decisions. Meanwhile, foreign
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