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Greeks losing faith in dialogue with Turkey, poll indicates
SocietyThe percentage of Greeks who believe that the bilateral issues between Greece and Turkey can be solved through dialogue has declined significantly to reach its lowest level since 2003, according... share common interests (62 percent) has remained stable since last year. At the same time, the fewer
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No green light from troika yet as Greece moves towards bailout extension
EconomyProgrammethat the eurozone has yet to disburse. He suggested that an extraordinary Eurogroup could be held in mid-December... coalition partner PASOK has indicated it will not accept a six-month extension of the existing
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Could Democratic Left (DIMAR) hold the key to the Greek presidential election result?
PoliticsGreek Politicsconsequences for how they will vote in the presidential elections. Gradual decline DIMAR has been beset.... Since the leftists quit the coalition, Kouvelis has moved the party closer to SYRIZA with the aim
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Greek tax revenues at 33.5 pct of GDP in 2013, slightly below OECD average
EconomyMacroeconomypercent in 2000 and gradually fell to 29.6 percent in 2009. During the crisis years it has increased... that Greek VRR has been adversely affected by both a rise in the compliance gap as well as changing
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Greek stocks plunge again as bond yields climb to new high amid political turmoil
Economycurrently has a yield of more than 10 percent, whereas the 5-year note that was issued in April, marking Greece's return to international markets, has a yield of 9.57 percent, twice the original coupon
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Rare rise of 2.1 pct in Q3 for Greek wages index
EconomyMacroeconomywas inflated since it incorporated the 14th salary (Christmas bonus) which has been paid in Q1 instead of Q4... YoY changes of other EU countries, since Eurostat has not yet released the relevant data for those
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Piraeus Bank seals milestone deal with KKR over 1.2 bln of non-core assets
EconomyBankingIn an unusual move by the standards of the Greek banking sector, Piraeus Bank has announced an agreement with leading global investment firm KKR for the transfer and securitisation of 1.2 billion... and Millennium Bank) over the past two years, Piraeus has the highest NPL ratio among its domestic peers at 39
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Coalition to gain more support for president but still short of 180
PoliticsGreek Politics, Thomas Psyras, has not commented publicly. A meeting of the party’s executive committee on Monday... is around 170, Samaras will need defections from DIMAR and Independent Greeks, which has 12 MPs, to reach
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Greek PM offers no more incentives for presidential vote, braces for snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Antonis Samaras has decided not to increase the offer he made last Sunday in a bid to secure the election of Stavros Dimas as president in the third and final vote on Monday. Speaking... be exposed in an election campaign. The prime minister has not made the last comment before
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Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan twice the 11.4 billion euros the opposition party claimed. SYRIZA’s programme has four themes... to 751 euros per month from 586 euros. It also has a plan for creating 300,000 jobs in the private
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