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Standoff over civil servants in Greece bears hallmarks of pre-election clash
PoliticsGreek Politicsto govern. SYRIZA has so far shown itself to be poor at handling such sensitive political issues. While... servants being deemed to be below standard. This will result in them mostly being transferred
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Greece, lenders reach deal to secure bailout sub-tranche and bank recap funds
EconomyProgrammefar for protection from foreclosure according to the current legislative framework (updated version... a property value up to 170,000 euros and annual income close to the bare standard of living, which
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A breakdown of the 5.4 bln in measures that form basis of agreement between Greece and creditors
EconomyProgrammeby the government so far. Indirect taxes However, in its spring economic forecasts published on Tuesday, the Commission revealed that these would include revenues from the standard rate of VAT rising
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Thinking outside of the box
Agoratheir priorities as far as the Greek media is concerned. While Stamatis and Kavadia were having... of journalists, including standard bearers for liberal democracy in Turkey such as former academic Sahin
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Government distances itself from ELSTAT case as European Commission wades in
PoliticsGreek Politicsrelating specifically to ELSTAT so far. The latest legal complications for Georgiou are the result... and not one prompted by the coalition or political motives. "In its letter the Commission states its standard
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IMF argues case for further reform of pension system
EconomyProgrammeto the pension deficit climbing from 7.3 percent of GDP in 2010 to 11 percent in 2015, remaining by far... to the IMF. Despite a rise in the early and standard retirement age to 62 and 67 years respectively
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Greek stocks edge down 0.6 pct ending three-week rally
Economy. Despite the small correction this week, Greek stocks have gained 10.1 percent so far in the course... no additions to / deletions from the MSCI Greece Standard and MSCI Small Cap indices at the MSCI
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Fires latest obstacle to coalition's momentum-building efforts
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 3,912 hectares of land (including 522 hectares of forest) was burnt in the Kalamos fire, which is far... is standard practice for Greek governments after large wildfires, such as the one that burnt for more
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Athens gears up for name talks as coalition and opposition try to define their positions
PoliticsForeign Policyhave not taken any public position so far are flirting with the idea of becoming members of a new...’s position in Bucharest.” Kammenos added that “the Greek term ‘Macedonia’ is the standard national
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S&P: Greek covered and securitised bonds rated investment grade for first time since 2011
EconomyBankingthe next two years”. Greece’s next scheduled rating is on July 20. Upgrades It has so far been a positive...Rating agency Standard & Poors announced on Friday that it had upgraded bonds issued by Piraeus Bank and the National Bank of Greece (NBG) to “investment grade”. This is the first time since 2011
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