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Eurozone periphery condemned to low wages, demand, EC study suggests
EconomyA research paper by an economist at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), which was initially published online this week by accident, withdrawn... no alternatives given market pressures or, as in Greece’s case, complete loss of market access
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Kammenos ups rhetoric but Independent Greeks' future unclear
PoliticsGreek Politicsfailure to investigate corruption when it was in power but this time the right-wing leader’s outspokenness... is unlikely but in Kammenos’s case, nothing can be discounted.
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High school pupils see answers to crisis in protest and emigration
Societymakers. A number of responses in the VPRC poll of Greeks at high schools in the county’s major cities... in last year’s VPRC survey. Similarly, only 21 percent of those youngsters questioned said they felt
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C/A surplus for fifth straight month in Sept, up to 2.55 billion euros for year
EconomyMacroeconomybillion euros compared to last year’s deficit of 2.81 billion. Even excluding the aforementioned SMP... in absolute terms and relative to last year’s performance. The reported positive balance during the nine
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Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
Agorathat the crackdown would drive away a big chunk of the Neo-Nazi party’s voters. “I expected that the sight... the party's offices in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Iraklio, rekindling the party’s ratings
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Trade deficit soared 27.4 pct in Sept, down 13.6 pct for year
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s trade deficit soared 27.4 percent to 1.63 billion euros in September, while the respective 9-month figure retreated 13.6 percent to 14.47 billion, according to the Hellenic Statistical... factors for the evolution of Greece’s Current Account (C/A) balance so far in 2013. Latest BoG figures
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The Greek Ombudsman and public administration during challenging times
Agoracontext traditionally characterized, among others, by society’s lack of trust in institutions... inventive and innovative ways to handle them. This aspect of the Ombudsman’s mission has proved very
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Greek deposits slip in October as credit also contracts by 3.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyDemocratic Left’s withdrawal from the coalition government in June. Also, lately the payment... on increased net deductions at 937 million in October from 568 million in September. October’s
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Cyprus in 2014: Looking ahead
Agoraand regulations of the EU, and thus the Republic of Cyprus suggested empowering the EU’s role in the negotiations...: capital controls are still in place and there is an excessive reliance on the European Central Bank’s
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Bank of Greece sees 0.5pct growth in 2014 but warns of political risks
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece is expected to post a general government primary surplus as well as a current account surplus of 1% of GDP for the first time in 2013, according to the Bank of Greece’s (BoG) interim report... potential additional capital needs. The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund’s current capital buffer
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