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Greeks’ wealth fell by 0.6 pct in 2016 for third straight decline
Economy. The absolute figure landed at 947 billion US dollars in mid-2016, down by 6 billion from the mid-2015... wealth. Greece’s wealth per adult stood at 103,569 dollars in mid-2016, 17.4 percent lower than... their wealth exceeded the 1-million dollar mark in mid-2016. In the upper tier, 70,239 adults had wealth
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Government caught between milestones and corruption claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the past few days and is struggling to shake off accusations of corruption. Monday sees two... not expect any surprises. Should the remaining prior actions be ticked off as well, Athens hopes.... The rounding off of this process would allow the second review to begin in earnest. Prime Minister Alexis
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Coalition appears to reach common ground with notaries over property auctions
EconomyProgrammeto them calling off their strike and allowing electronic auctions to begin at the end of the month... to ensure that the auctions can pass off smoothly. There were, however, other proposals discussed... ground was found during the meeting for the strike to be called off and for electronic auctions
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Athens takes cautious approach to Turkish words and actions
PoliticsGreek Politicsoff the coast of the Imia islets in the Aegean on Monday night and the warnings issued by President... in a statement of telling Greeks lies about what happened off Imia and restated Ankara’s belief... this week is not likely to be a one-off occurrence. Turkish military operations in Syria’s Afrin
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Androulakis receives strong mandate for renewal at KINAL
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister George Papandreou in Sunday’s run-off vote. Androulakis took 68 pct of the vote in the contest... comfortably. Just over 206,000 KINAL members took part in the run-off vote, compared to around... the moderate social democrat a sound platform from which to build from. The fact that he saw off
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economyof bonds held by the ECB and eurozone central banks (NCBs) need to be paid off. In a similar situation... that his forecast was also off this year, without it preventing Greece meeting its fiscal target... off the actual rate but through a tight control of spending, Greece is still on track for a primary
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SYRIZA to test coalition with censure motion but victory unlikely
PoliticsGreek Politicsto take ERT off air in June this year prompted junior coalition partner Democratic Left (DIMAR... was taken off air in June and perhaps felt they could not turn down a second opportunity to do so... that fears the party may be becoming too conformist. For Tsipras, a face off with the government may
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Newsletter 131 - 8/9/2017
the programme is still some way off. focus on the nascent economic recovery and the prospect of exiting.... A total of 95 prior actions have to be ticked off for the third review to be concluded. Further..., banks were off-target for reducing their stock of non-performing loans (NPLs). NPE stock
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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agorabeen stretched to the limit by the ramming of a Greek coast guard vessel by a Turkish boat off the Imia... boat off Imia, which Greece and Turkey almost went to war over in 1996, and the detention and possible... the recent incident off Imia the Turkish Foreign Ministry suggested in a statement that Athens
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Take your seats
Agorawill continue to suffer its effects. The SYRIZA leader may never be able to shake off the accusation... to why he is confident that calling off next year’s pre-legislated pension cuts (worth 1 percent... is to go to the polls next year having lopped another 1.8 billion euros off the expenditure on retired
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