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  1. Tsipras wins domestic support for pension bonus but key struggles lie abroad
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    this year so that it entails specific measures, then the Greek prime minister is likely to keep... come with the economic recovery expected next year.

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  2. Capital controls trigger big rise in card use and VAT revenues, Bank of Greece data shows

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of privation consumption expenditure rose to 11.1 percent in the first half of the year. Meanwhile... in an increase in VAT revenues by 1 percent in the first year and up to 6 percent over the long-term. Moreover

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  3. Travel receipts up by 14.2 pct in Oct but 10-month figure drops 4.2 pct
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a positive growth rate for the whole year, market sources note that travel receipts are estimated to end up lower in 2016, from last year’s figure of 14.13 billion, largely due to the competitive prices

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  4. After pension dispute with lenders, coalition faces domestic unease
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    reportedly pledged that if this year’s primary surplus target is missed because of the handout, pension... for this year, the finance minister’s pledge is a considerable step back from Prime Minister Alexis

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  5. General govt primary cash surplus improves to 6.4 bln by Nov, arrears drop to 5.6 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus grew by 1.4 billion euros to 6.4 billion in the 11-month period of 2016 from 5 billion a year ago, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin... funds (-342 million), hospitals (-229 million) and tax refunds (-172 million). The year to date

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  6. Govt hopes for Feb review deal but opposition readies in case of snap polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    homeowners only buying enough fuel to fill jerry cans. However, in an op-ed marking the one-year... at the end of last year put New Democracy on 22.8 percent, followed by SYRIZA on 16.5 percent

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  7. Greek stocks start 2017 with gains of 2.6 pct, banks continue outperforming
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    Economy

    The Greek stock market began 2017 by gaining 2.6 percent in the first week of the year amid relatively light trading volumes. The Athens Stock Exchange general index climbed to 660.3 during the last... of the year, with strong gains of 5.5 percent, which were trimmed in the following sessions to 4 percent

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  8. Early tourism estimates point to increased airline pre-bookings and lower cruise passengers in 2017
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    respectively, which correspond to 112,000 lower planned seats compared to last year. According.... The latter is mostly attributed to the prolonged uncertainty in the first half of the year largely due

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  9. CPI stays flat in December, falls by 0.8 pct in 2016
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    successive year in 2016, when the CPI fell by 0.8 percent following a drop of 1.7 percent, which... inflationary year since 2012. The Finance Ministry expects HICP to grow by 0.6 percent, while European

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  10. Athens hopes concessions can secure review breakthrough
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on Thursday suggested that apart from extending the fiscal brake legislated last year for at least two.... It is worth remembering that when faced with a similar problem concerning the first review last year

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