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Credit contraction remains at 0.9 pct in December
EconomyMacroeconomyyears, with the loan balance down by more than a quarter on the back of continued deleveraging. Net
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Political talks on name issue deepen divisions but PM eyes consensus
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Athens could find something better than “Upper” or “Northern” as the qualifiers. The Communist Party
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Greek banks complete first round of covered bond issues
EconomyBankingby Piraeus Bank issuing a 500-million euro 5-year covered bond via a private process rather than
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Athens prepares for bond issue, eurozone works on growth/debt mechanism
EconomyProgramme[by] what happens if growth falls short of expectations or is better than expected. This is in the interest
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Athens seeks new approach as Nimetz visit marks more intensive name talks
PoliticsForeign Policystressed the importance of the new name being written in Slavic rather than English. He said this would
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Athens puts off bond sale, has fiscal concerns to address
EconomyProgrammewithout having to risk a higher cost of borrowing than it would want. There has been some
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After Zaev gestures, Athens tries to formulate pact with Skopje
PoliticsForeign Policy. As an international agreement, the pact will have a higher legal value than FYROM’s constitution, as has been
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Hydrocarbons add to tension between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus
PoliticsForeign Policythat Ankara has acted in such a way over this issue but it appears to have adopted a different tone than
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Diplomatic exchanges over name issue intensify
PoliticsForeign Policythe name that Athens has accepted for more than two decades as part of an interim agreement between
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Budget execution makes positive start to 2018 with 1.88 bln primary surplus
EconomyMacroeconomyhigher than the target. However this was countered by primary expenditure beating its target by 179
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