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Government steels itself for protests, looks for positive in polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsmovement that took over Syntagma Square in central Athens in the summer of 2011. The government has... and the impact of the measures it has adopted. It wants instead proposals for changes to the electoral law
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Eurosystem funding drops by another 3.9 bln in May, ELA down 2.1 bln
EconomyMacroeconomy. Since the agreement reached at the EU Summit in July last year, ELA funding has dropped by almost... collateral (EFSF or ESM bonds). Overall, Eurosystem funding has dropped by 30.86 billion euros since
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Protests give Mitsotakis chance to round on under-fire coalition
PoliticsGreek Politics’s performance, even though the impact of the latest round of austerity measures has not yet sunk.... SYRIZA has found itself in the uncomfortable position this year of being on the receiving end of protests
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Turnover in services sector deteriorates in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyin advertising and market research has halved, while big declines were also recorded by cleaning activities... (-36 percent). In contrast, double-digit growth over the past 5 years has been posted by employment
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Commission sees lower Greek financing needs, provides timetable for course of programme
EconomyProgrammeStability Mechanism (ESM) has disbursed 16 billion euros to Greece so far, of which 13 billion were... is subject to the European institutions confirming that there has been a satisfactory clearance of net
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Athens hopes for timely boost from visits by EU officials
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), where he is expected to stress that the threat of Grexit has..., the visits of Juncker and Regling are an undoubted boost to the SYRIZA-led coalition, which has been
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Piraeus port law amended, resolving dispute with COSCO over privatisation deal
EconomyCorporatesGreece has resolved its momentary dispute with Chinese giant COSCO over the legislation linked to the privatisation of the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP). The government made a number of amendments.... Dritsas has openly opposed the privatisation of OLP and his latest reaction now forces Prime Minister
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyby the Paris-based organisation has found. Only about one in 20 adults in Greece attain the highest levels... skills around the world, the OECD has tested the skills of more than 50,000 16 to 65 year olds in Chile
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HFSF executive board members resign
EconomyBankingby the BoG. Meanwhile, HFSF has completed the review of Greek banks’ boards and committees... practices but also under the special situations of the Greek banking sector which has to deal
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Technical MoU provides more detail on fiscal brake, arrears and privatisations
EconomyProgrammethat the government has cleared net arrears for an amount equivalent to 80 percent of the previous disbursement... (four from the transport sector, one from post and one from sports) whose imminent transfer has
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