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Current account deficit widens to 933 mln in December, 2016 balance turns to deficit of 1.1 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyat 6.54 billion in December from 6.53 billion in November, while rose by around 1 billion from
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Tsipras faces heavy lifting to finalise deal and get party approval
PoliticsGreek PoliticsJanuary 1, 2019. The relief measures pursued by the Greek side will only be implemented if the primary
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Effort begins to secure SYRIZA support for deal with institutions
PoliticsGreek Politicsapply from January 1, 2019. He, intentionally perhaps, avoided mentioning that the implementation
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Retail sales down by 1.3 pct in Dec for first drop since Aug
EconomyMacroeconomyalso decreased by 1 percent in December after an upward revised rise by 4 percent in the previous
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Greece searches for balanced deal as talks get underway in Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsspending to be reduced by 1 percent of GDP and that the Greek side would like to limit the cuts to 0.75
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Athens prepared to legislate measures before global deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsfull-time position to contract workers and would maintain the ratio of 1 hiring to every 5
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Piraeus Bank appoints new CEO, ending a long period of uncertainty
EconomyBankingchairman on November 1, 2016. Following the appointment of the CEO, Handjinicolaou noted
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Unemployment rate stable for third month at 23.1 pct in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomy, the unemployment rate has decreased 1 percentage point (pp) attributed to a modest rise in the number
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Tsipras invokes political solution to resolve labour reform stand-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsto pre-legislate a reduction of the tax-free threshold worth 1 percent of GDP and the same, or nearly
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Stocks dip by 0.2 pct, lack of trading activity continues
Economy. The bank expects the transaction will slightly enhance its third-quarter pro-forma Common Equity Tier 1
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