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  1. Tsipras tries to keep government's eyes on the prize
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to rest on our laurels,” he said. “We have to step up our efforts.” Corruption The prime minister

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  2. Some relief for coalition but bold claims about programme exit a concern
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Athens, that the government should not rest on its laurels after the conclusion of the review

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  3. Greek digital economy lagging due to weak demand, lack of skills

    Society

    was the area where Greece saw its best improvement compared to the previous year’s index, climbing... technology integration category, which looks at the use by business of internet tools. While Greece

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  4. Total health spending down to 8.65 pct of GDP as public healthcare sees big drop

    Society

    from 2012 to 2013 it was -7.3 percent. Residential or long-term care facilities also saw their funding.... The second most important category was share of various retail establishments and other providers

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  5. Over 26 pct of young Greeks out of education, training and work - second highest in EU
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    Society

    Greece has the second highest share in the European Union of NEETs – young people aged 20-24 who are neither in employment nor in education or training – and also saw its proportion of NEETs jump...) of young people in Greece fell into the NEET category in 2015, a figure five points behind

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  6. Greek households continue to slash spending on goods and services

    Society

    expenditure stands at 33.1 percent. Durables (-49 percent) saw the biggest fall, followed by clothing... forking out 20.7 percent of their monthly spend on that category. In neighbouring Bulgaria food

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  7. Retail sales up by 3.2 pct in June for sixth straight rise
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    not in stores (+8.2 percent). No category posted any declines in sales. Volumes also increased across the board, led by furniture and household equipment, which saw a 14.2 percent rise. Books and stationery

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  8. Budget primary surplus beats Jan target by 706 mln on significant underspend
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of employees saw an overspend of 278 million euros to 1.35 billion euros. Interest payments also... euros. Taxes were the main underperforming category, falling short of the target by 65 million euros

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  9. EU elections in Greece: Applying a different scale of values
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    Agora

    or moderates in Greece, have chosen to ignore this because they saw it as a means to an end (kicking... on irregular migrants, describing them as “tyrants.” Perhaps this falls more into the category

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  10. NPEs down by 13 pct to 81.8 bln in 2018, but BoG highlights continuing credit risk
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    EconomyBanking

    . With the drop of NPEs outpacing the deleveraging in the system that saw loans drop by 10 percent during... in the loans of the latter category is alarming as the ratio went up from 11.3 percent in 2017 to 13.4

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