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  1. Pending pensions mount up, complicating fiscal effort
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    Economy

    During the recent annual conference organised by the Confederation of Social Security Workers (POPOPK), its chairman provided an update on the key pension fund figures, which continue to demonstrate a bleak outlook for the Greek social security sector. The estimated 2016 deficit for the two main

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  2. Tsipras gauges EU mood on Brexit as gov't strives for support on change to electoral system
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras headed to Brussels on Tuesday for the first European Council since the referendum in the UK but attention at home was still on the government’s plans to change the electoral law. Government spokesperson Olga Gerovassili indicated that the coalition will submit

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  3. Retail sales down 3.9 pct in April for eleventh successive month

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    years, the Greek retail turnover has dived by 30.4 percent mostly attributed to a sharp cut in household

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  4. Piraeus port law amended, resolving dispute with COSCO over privatisation deal
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    EconomyCorporates

    to China that starts on Saturday. The Greek prime minister is scheduled to meet with COSCO official during

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  5. First step in TV licensing process completed as controversy continues

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    notice” letters from EU Digital Commissioner Guenther Oettinger to the Greek government regarding

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  6. Technical MoU provides more detail on fiscal brake, arrears and privatisations

    EconomyProgramme

    , net of EU transfers to the Greek budget for migration-related costs, are excluded from

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  7. IMF sets out key priorities for Greece, including labour market flexibility
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    Economy

    memorandum of understanding (MoU), the Greek government has to launch as a prior action a consultation

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  8. Coalition goes in search of deciding votes for electoral law, prepares more legislation
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Tsipras is expected to make is a substantial increase of the Greek president’s powers. Reports suggest

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  9. Building activity decreases at slower pace of 5.3 pct in April

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek building permits fell by 5.3 percent in April after an 11.5 percent drop in March, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Tuesday. May was the fourth straight month of decline. The April headline figure represents the lowest negative reading since January. The absolute figure

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  10. Coalition and opposition make proposal and counter-proposal in build-up to electoral law vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the conservative nature of the Greek diaspora and the background of many Greeks who left the country in recent

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