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State budget primary surplus widens to 2.28 bln at end of July after rise in revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget execution showed the primary surplus widening to 2.28 billion in the 7-month period..., last year’s numbers are not comparable with the respective 2014 figures since they incorporate SMP... of Greece’s Economic Adjustment Program. The 7-month figures of 2014 primary and budget balance
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Services help increase Greek current account surplus to 1.37 bln in June
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's June current account (C/A) balance showed the country’s surplus widening by 53 percent... for purchases of ships weighed on the trade deficit’s performance, albeit largely offset by declines...-resident’s direct investment in Greece showed a net inflow of 55 million euros in June from 653 million
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WEF report highlights weakness of Greek institutions and challenges of recovery
EconomyGreece’s competitiveness improved by 10 spots in 2014, at an accelerating pace compared... (GCI). Despite the marked improvement by 10 spots, Greece’s ranking in the GCI is still losing 14... adjustment of minimum wage and amendments in the collective labor agreements. Greece’s best rankings
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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday the party’s 21 “governing priorities” after months of discussions within the fledgling movement... in the EU ballot after such a short existence, To Potami’s message has remained rather vague... over the weekend put To Potami’s support between 4.3 and 5.6 percent, making it the fourth or fifth
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New Democracy hopes to celebrate 40th anniversary with rallying call
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe 40th anniversary of New Democracy’s founding is approaching and the party’s leadership... conservative forces with the aim of prolonging the party’s time in government beyond... the New Democracy leader a chance to rebuild the conservative’s ideological foundations. The party
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Greek primary budget surplus to August narrows to 1.95 bln on lower revenues
EconomyGreece’s budget execution showed the primary surplus narrowing to 1.95 billion in the 8-month... for the 7-month period had been 2.28 billion euros. Tuesday’s figures confirm preliminary data published...) balance fell short of targets by 107 and 204 million respectively. Compared to last year’s figures
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Standoff over civil servants in Greece bears hallmarks of pre-election clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government’s attempt to pinpoint all the civil servants who had their fixed-term contracts.... Dourou is the first SYRIZA and female candidate to hold the position, where she oversees Greece’s... Dourou’s fiery rhetoric and defiant stance will have the leftist grassroots support purring, it may
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DIMAR won't vote for coalition's presidential candidate, wants SYRIZA alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsin February. Even before the confidence vote has taken place, though, the size of Samaras’s task... Kouvelis their nominee. However, the DIMAR leader’s statement indicates that there is no chance... policy agreement that would be regularly monitored.” Kouvelis’s target now is to raise his party’s
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Troika leaves with key issues pending and clock ticking for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicswill have been sworn in. The interlude puts paid to the Greek government’s initial hopes of drawing... that the government might have to take before the year’s end. Among the key issues that have yet... unveiled this week. The troika’s demands for a new round of pension reform and further liberalisation
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Greek crisis redux? Not exactly
Agorait’s about a flatlining union with a sputtering (German) engine, causing all peripherals to crack... the eurozone’s need to rid itself of a recurring headache as it starts battling a much more serious malady... administration and the country’s politics, an effective euro solidarity and realistic growth incentives
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