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Coalition hopes to ride out pension and tax dispute with farmers
PoliticsGreek Politicsfavour is that the rest of Greek society mostly sees farmers as having been pampered by previous
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Drop in CPI accelerates to 0.7 pct in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing a deceleration in the preceding three months, the fall in the Greek Consumer Price Index (CPI) accelerated to 0.7 percent in January from 0.2 percent in December, according to Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data that was published on Wednesday. After a short-lived rise of 0.4
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Amid mounting pressure, gov't hopes parallel programme will provide fillip
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government submitted to Parliament on Friday the so-called “parallel programme” aimed mainly at easing the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable groups in Greek society. Among the provisions in the draft law, which MPs are due to vote for on Saturday, is the provision of free healthcare
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Domestic pressure over refugee crisis building for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policyas Greek authorities are being forced to find places to house migrants. Hundreds of Afghans, who
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PMI falls 1.6 pts to 48.4 in February
EconomyMacroeconomywas marginal. In addition, purchasing activity of Greek manufacturers continued falling in February, mainly
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Refugee crisis edges further onto domestic political agenda
PoliticsForeign PolicyMonday’s summit between the European Union and Turkey to discuss the refugee crisis is taking on ever greater importance for the Greek government. With the situation at the border in Idomeni, and other spots around Greece, becoming increasingly difficult to manage due to the rising number
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Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Mitsotakis’s effort to also convince the Greek people that he can be trusted with the country’s finances
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Central gov’t debt rises to 321.3 bln in Q4, financial aid loans at new high of 220.4 bln
Economyat the end of December. Following Greek government bond (GGB) redemptions of 6.75 billion euros in Q3, GGBs
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Bailout review to continue in Athens, lenders identify key tasks ahead
EconomyProgrammethat “we will do what is necessary” to make Greek debt sustainable. He also noted that discussions
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Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLafazanis has had negligible impact on Greek politics. Lafazanis seems to lack the charisma needed
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