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Government determined to push through hospital reforms in pre-election legislative sprint
PoliticsGreek Politicsof free public healthcare. The nub of the dispute concerns a provision to introduce part-time... sector. The government says the proposals would give doctors “free choice” to design... pillars of the national health system and undermined citizen’s right to free healthcare. Unions
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Newsletter 189 -11/01/2018
. This was driven mainly by a 17.6 percent rise in exports. Imports during the period rose by 10.7... minister, Tsipras said that if the ANEL chief decides to rescind his backing for the coalition as a result... lawmakers, but is expected to also receive the backing of independent MP Katerina Papakosta, who
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Piraeus Bank reports net profit of 164.3 mln in Q2
EconomyBankingloan provisions eased by 1 percent to 475.7 million. Top-line results mainly incorporate... percent QoQ, mainly due to seasonally higher administrative expenses. In contrast, first half (H1) costs retreated by 11 percent year on year (YoY) mainly stemming from a decline in staff costs by 15.6
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National Bank posts 9-month profits of 1.18 bln
EconomyBankingincorporates one-off items of 956 million euros mainly related to the recognition of deferred tax asset... grew 5 percent QoQ to 797 million mainly stemming from an expansion of the net interest margin (NIM..., while deposit spread showed a higher rise (+11 bps), mainly due to a 27 bps increase in the time
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Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures
EconomyMacroeconomypotential negative factors. These mainly involve: operational cost savings without any increase in state... million above 2014 and 1.46 billion higher those set in the MTFS. This development mainly reflects... billion euros, up by 484 million YoY, mainly reflecting higher personal tax (+520 million to 8.74
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Greek current account balance turns negative in October after four month of surpluses
EconomyMacroeconomy. The narrowing of the C/A deficit by 118 million euros year on year (YoY) is mainly attributed... previous months, the rise in the services’ surplus mainly reflects a double-digit improvement... respectively. BoG also noted that the 6.2 percent YoY increase in the trade balance is mainly owed
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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
eyes on depositor sentiment High December deposit outflows mainly related to tax payments... December. Both reports indicate that the deposit outflows are mainly related to the payment of increased..., however, that for seasonal reasons, mainly related to the payment of the Christmas bonus (equal
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
for March and mainly involve returns to the IMF of 2.1 billion and interest payments of 1.7 billion... by 32.4 percent to 997 million euros in November mainly due to a decline in general government net receipts from the EU. The services’ surplus rose by 128 million mainly due to soaring travel receipts
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Greek current account deficit widens by 27.4 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyyear on year (YoY) mainly stems from the deterioration of the primary income balance by 358 million..., the improvement in the goods’ balance mainly reflects a lower net oil import bill, on the back... rose by 62.3 percent YoY mainly due to a 16.2 percent increase in travel receipts resulting from
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Current account deficit widens to 404 mln in March
EconomyMacroeconomy). The deterioration by 316 million year on year (YoY) mainly reflects a narrowing of the primary.... The contraction in the services surplus by 22.1 percent is mainly attributed to lower net receipts from... income. The deterioration of the secondary income account balance mainly reflects higher general
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