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Dispute over handouts drags on, allowing tension with creditors to rise
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the process and the coalition’s concerns about settling the dispute that has been triggered... and Schaeuble are leading Greece towards a dead-end.” To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis has also suggested... of next month as the government has identified the Eurogroup on January 26 as a watershed
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Payment cards up by 3 pct but value of transactions drops by 7 pct in H1 2016
EconomyBankinghas recorded a cumulative increase of 17.3 percent in the past two years, while the number of card transactions has soared by around 71 percent over this period. On fraud, the report revealed... of volume and value and has remained broadly stable over the last two years.
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Greek women in crisis
Agorafrom all public documents. The coalition has a greater commitment to battle discrimination against... in Crete and for the last 5 years, has been caring for an elderly lady of 90 years old. She gets paid 450... has since been a stay-at-home mum. Although the Greek laws protect women, inequality is linked
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Greeks full of contradictions on ideology and political beliefs, study suggests
Societya minority phenomenon. However, the share of respondents who view the EU as positive or rather positive has... confidence in institutions has fallen in many areas. Confirming the results of other surveys, the most...). On the other hand, public confidence in the prime minister has fallen from 71 to 44 percent
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No return of institutions after Eurogroup but talks to continue in Brussels
EconomyProgrammefor these matters to be discussed. There was no surprise in the issues highlighted as it has been clear since... the matters that are tackled. The Greek government has been arguing for the past few days that some... suggested last week, the Commission at least has slightly different views from the IMF on labour reforms
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Three investment groups table binding offers for Thessaloniki Port
EconomyAuthority and Dubai Ports International and has a portfolio of 77 operating marine and inland terminals.... OLTH’s share price has soared 13.6 percent year to date, significantly outperforming the Athens Stock Exchange general index, which has edged down 1.2 percent since the beginning of the year
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PPC: The struggling electricity giant dominating bailout talks
EconomyFeaturesof syndicated bond loan, has been initially approved by the four systemic lenders and Attica Bank... and individual investors. PPC’s stock price has dropped by 5.2 percent in the year-to-date. It has
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Economic sentiment and consumer confidence improve in April
EconomyMacroeconomy, this indicator has risen by 12.1 points. The industry confidence indicator rose by 1.1 points in April after... and landed at -53.5. In the last twelve months, the sharpest rise of 21.9 points has been posted...). In contrast, the construction confidence indicator has fallen by 7.6 points followed by the retail
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Stocks climb 6 pct during week, propelled by 16.6 pct surge by banks
Economythe beginning of November 2015. Overall, the domestic market has gained 6.9 percent in April, largely... this year has turned positive (+6 percent). The top performers this week included the four core banks... Thomopoulos has decided to step down by the end of the year. OPAP’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved
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Eurosystem funding down by 535 mln in April, ELA falls for second straight month
EconomyMacroeconomyof stabilisation of private deposit flows. Eurosystem funding has dropped by 7.47 billion euros since... review, the central bank funding has been slashed by 36.56 billion euros, with the bulk (22.71 billion) related to lower ELA funding. Overall, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 67.43
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