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Independent Greeks to go it alone rather than join grand right-wing alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA few days after the prospect of an alliance between New Democracy and ultranationalist LAOS was floated, the possibility of even broader cooperation among right wing parties in Greece has been... percent in the European Parliament elections in May, Kammenos has seen his number of MPs dwindle
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Greek central government debt rises to 322.4 bln in Q2
Economy, the IMF net financing has been reduced accordingly to 26.9 billion and FSM outstanding financial..., which is the highest historical reading. Almost 79 percent of outstanding debt has a residual maturity
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Coalition warms to option of Kouvelis as president but success not guaranteed
PoliticsGreek Politics. As things stand, New Democracy has 125 MPs and PASOK 27 – a total of 152. DIMAR has 11 lawmakers
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National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
EconomyBankinghas committed to disbursements of 3 billion corporate loans in the domestic market in 2013..., the management stressed it has committed in its restructuring plan approved by the European Commission
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WEF report highlights weakness of Greek institutions and challenges of recovery
Economyplaces since 2008. Looking at the different pillars of competitiveness, Greece has gained 12 places... efficiency (129th), while financial market ranking (130th) has not yet recovered. The latter is mainly
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PASOK marks 40th anniversary by baring its split personality
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut there appears to be little mood within the party to celebrate the occasion. It has been clear.... However, it was the reception that the two rivals received on Monday that has renewed the discussion
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Samaras tax cut pledges aimed at MPs rather than voters
PoliticsGreek Politicsbusiness taxes has worn thin given that he has been stating his intention to do so since 2011, when
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Greek unemployment rate hovers at 27 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyfigure is the lowest since 2011, while has more than doubled over the 24.4 percent posted in June... rate, at 27.6 and 27.5 percent respectively. In contrast, the Aegean has the lowest jobless rate
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Sudden jump in unpaid taxes last month takes total to almost 70 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyhas been increasing by an average of 1.24 billion per month in 2014. In addition, the 8-month... year, the target has been set at 25 percent, with the year to date rate at just over half the target
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Greek deposits up 0.6 pct to 164.23 bln in August, which sees year's highest inflows
EconomyMacroeconomythat has returned to Greek banks corresponds to only a fraction of the 89-billion-euro outflows that had... of Greek banks on Eurosystem funding has been reduced by close to 30 billion euros (circa 40 percent
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