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  1. Tsipras faces lenders' wall in Brussels as political tension grows in Athens

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A new round of marathon talks are due to take place in Brussels on Thursday after a failure to reach an agreement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held two sets of talks totalling about six hours with European Commission president Jean-Claude...

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  2. Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The project to unite PASOK and To Potami in order to create a dynamic third force in Greek politics with the potential to be a key governing partner or kingmaker appears to be in danger of collapsing. Only a few days after the leaders of the two parties...

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  3. Kammenos's odd partnership with Tsipras still holding together
    Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Defence Minister Panos Kammenos was re-elected as leader of SYRIZA’s coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) over the weekend, while also managing to highlight the odd nature of the cooperation between the two parties. There had been reports that Ka...

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  4. Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
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    EconomyProgramme

    Greece and its lenders head into Monday’s Eurogroup with differences on several key issues that will have to be resolved if the second review is to conclude in the days ahead. The Greek ministers and the institutions’ mission chiefs held a lengthy telec...

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  5. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    Agora

    For two successive years, China has been Germany’s most important trading partner. In 2017, the trade volume between both countries reached 186,6 billion euro. Germany’s second most important trading partner was The Netherlands with 177 billion euro, fo...

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  6. Greece braces for Middle East fallout as polls show ND holding firm despite voter unease
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy enters this new phase of the Middle East crisis with a solid polling advantage but a visibly unsettled electorate. Two fresh surveys place the governing party at 31.1 pct in their vote‑estimate models but they also reveal overwhelming publ...

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  7. Greek stocks drop 2.5 pct for second straight week, banks tumble 5.4 pct
    Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    Economy

    Alpha and NBG completed on October 27 the sale of their hotel subsidiaries. In specific, Alpha concluded a definitive agreement with Home Holdings for the sale of its stake of 97.3 percent in Athens Hilton hotel for a consideration of 142 million. NBG also completed the sale of its 67.26 percent

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  8. Greek stocks drop 1.5 pct during week amid subdued trading activity
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    Economy

    . Alpha Bank completed last Friday the sale of its 97.3 percent stake in Ionian Hotel to Home Holdings... refinancing of Ionia Hotel debt of 67.2 million. Alpha Bank also completed on Wednesday an SME

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  9. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  10. Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    contents suggests that Samaras showed little interest in moulding this into a binding document

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