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New Democracy counters SYRIZA's offensive, unveils renewal effort
PoliticsGreek Politicsas it begins to announce its list of candidates for the next elections. SYRIZA has held up the two... programme countries borrow at. Specifically, the comparison was made with Portugal, which has a yield... sees things differently and has not changed much from its old ways. New Democracy announced yesterday
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SYRIZA cites support of six extra MPs as sign of stability, opposition protests
PoliticsGreek Politics, at the same time, supporting the government. This peculiarity has been highlighted by the opposition... with the government over policies. “Over the course of a number of days, New Democracy has cast doubt over the government’s majority,” he said. “The issue has been cleared up now… and because New Democracy
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Fitch keeps Greek rating stable at 'BB-' but sees growth momentum building
Economyand Moody’s at ‘B3’, which is the ‘B-‘ equivalent, although it has not taken any rating action... that although the crisis has severely tested the country’s political and social stability, Greece’s... and the fiscal performance over the last three years has been stronger compared to peers. The weak
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Despite some common ground, revision of constitution makes for new battleground
PoliticsGreek Politicselections from any difficulties Parliament has in electing a new president, although the two parties... limits the liability of former or serving ministers, has to be changed so they do not receive... and state which the leftists have advocated for many years. The government has stopped short
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Government and banks reach deal over new scheme to protect main homes
EconomyProgrammeof the mortgage, where the upper level has been set at 130,000 euros. The new system will also include under its... subsidy that will be available to some homeowners. The government has reportedly set aside 450... the institutions as it will mean that one of the biggest post-bailout commitments has been met
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Eurosystem funding falls by 1.16 bln in Dec, banknotes increase for fifth month
EconomyMacroeconomy, the Bank of Greece's (BoG) final financial statement for 2018 has revealed. As of December, the total... to 10.12 billion. In recent months, ELA funding has been steadily falling. In January this year, BoG... banks has steadily declined by 115.50 billion euros. The spike in funding had stemmed from
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SYRIZA keeps up calls for cooperation but with focus on voters rather than parties
PoliticsGreek Politics) and centrist To Potami. Nevertheless, SYRIZA has no intention of abandoning its efforts to appear... opponents has usually prevailed in the past, and more to do with the fact that the key election battle... that SYRIZA will become the clearly dominant force on the centre-left after the ballot. As such, SYRIZA has
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Wages index up by 4.9 pct in Q4 to reach highest level since 2012
EconomyMacroeconomyin the previous quarter. The index has not seen at this level since 2012 when it stood at 99.9, before dropping sharply to 88.3 in 2013. The index has been above the 90-point mark since Q3 of 2017. The record... 2015 at 85.2. Since its peak, the index has declined by a quarter on the back of the negative impact
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Unemployment rate inches up to 18.7 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomy2011 that the rate of unemployment has been below 20 percent. Compared to the same period last year, the jobless rate has declined by 2.5 percentage points (pp) from the Q4 2017 figure of 21.2 percent... also has the lowest overall rate of unemployment. The highest rate of unemployment for those aged
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Tsipras visits Skopje to highlight name deal positives as implementation work continues
PoliticsForeign Policyis spoken by citizens of my country and this has no relation with Greek Macedonians.” One... scrutinised. Their request has not been denied by the Greek side since as it has been said the Greek school
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