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  1. Hospital report gets ball rolling in coalition effort to target former governments
    By Natasha Pandazopoulou/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and corruption in the past. It has been made clear by the coalition’s approach to such issues... Democracy and PASOK. Parliament has also been looking into claims of illegal hirings and misuse of funds... has yet to produce a report yet. Over the weekend, SYRIZA-friendly Documento weekly published

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  2. What Greece imports and why
    Photo by Gerasimos Domenikos/Fosphotos

    EconomyFeatures

    behind at 21.23 billion. As the crisis hit, both exports and imports declined. The trade deficit has... during the good times - it has more or less been historically present. In addition, the crisis did have..., sales of which crashed during the country’s crisis years. Although a recovery has been building

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  3. BoG highlights areas of concern in underlying NPE data
    Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyBanking

    and dynamics of the most challenging legacy that the crisis has left for the country’s credit institutions.... It describes the reduction that has been achieved to date, with the outstanding amount of bad... governor Yannis Stournaras has been promoting, details of which were also presented in the same report

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  4. New strategic investment framework unveiled, faster licencing and tax breaks promised

    EconomyFeatures

    Dragsakis aimed at fast-tracking investments into Greece. The new framework, which has been put... has shown that Greece fell to number 72 out of 190 economies worldwide. Last year, Greece stood... that investments will increase by 0.8 percent this year. Attracting foreign investments has been cited

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  5. Fresh reminder about pending reforms for Athens, which remains confident on goals
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyProgramme

    , the completion of key privatisations. He said that only if the lenders are satisfied Greece has... a permit for a casino to operate at the Hellenikon site has been overcome, the tender will be issued... are spending from the fiscal space in the budget in social sectors where Greece has the lowest spending

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  6. Unemployment rate declines to 18.3 pct in Q3
    Photo by Giannis Papanikos/Fosphotos

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of unemployment has fallen under 20 percent. Compared to the same period last year, the jobless rate has declined by 1.9 percentage points (pp) from the Q3 2017 figure of 20.2 percent. The current... the rate fell by 1.2 pps. This group also has the lowest overall unemployment rate at 10.9 percent

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  7. New court verdict adds to concern about impact of backpay on fiscal balance
    Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyProgramme

    Another court decision on backpay has revived fears that in the months to come the Greek government... panel of judges has referred the matter to the court’s plenary because of the seriousness of the case... of appeals for backpay has been highlighted by the European Commission and the Greek Fiscal Council

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  8. DESFA transfer complete as HRADF heads for record year in privatisation revenues
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    EconomyFeatures

    said that the 34 percent stake in the company held by HRADF has now been passed to the ministry... for a record year in terms of revenue privatisations in 2018. The fund has reported privatisation... that it has hit its annual revenue target. The sealing of the DESFA deal added an extra 251 million

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  9. Outstanding tax refunds at lowest level in five years
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the amount that has been recorded by the IAPR at any point in the last five years. According to data, out of the total tax refunds due in December 2018, 458.61 million euros has been delayed by more than 90 days. Out of the delayed amount, the IAPR has sent taxpayers instructions regarding the next

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  10. Second post-MoU review set to begin as Athens eyes return to bond markets
    By Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyProgramme

    in Athens with government officials. A wide range of issues will be under scrutiny as Greece has to complete... is seen coming in just above 3.5 percent in 2019, but the government has given itself some wiggle... will be made once the vote on the Macedonia name deal is out of the way. The government has had its eye

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