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Opposition parties jostle for position in post-election political landscape
PoliticsGreek Politicson to the momentum gained in May’s elections, when they won the vote but failed to secure... opposition took a severe beating in May, losing by more than 20 points. Alexis Tsipras is fighting for his... on Sunday. PASOK, meanwhile, is trying to build on the double-digit foothold it built in May
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Greece's relations with neighbours in Western Balkans becoming more complex
PoliticsForeign Policyon Wednesday, May 8. They will probably bring to power nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party. Its candidates... Skopje. Greece may send the right messages regarding the European hopes of its neighboring countries... with Albania Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's planned visit to Greece on May 12 has caused a stir
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Greece seeks to continue talks with Turkey despite new obstacles
PoliticsForeign Policyto avoid any statement that may be seen as indirect involvement in Turkey’s domestic affairs. The two sides so far have avoided making any move that may have caused tensions. Greek officials... that these activities comply with maritime law and may involve prior navigational warnings (Navtex
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Newsletter 507 - 05/06/2026
- and even then, the numbers may not add up. The government is also watching the potential entry of a new... that cap its longer‑term growth potential. We think these estimates may prove optimistic... Greece climbing further to 5% in May, from 4.6% previously, giving Greece the third‑highest rate
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Rise in Greek car sales slows to 7.5 pct in November
EconomyMacroeconomyin May. In addition, the headline figure remains in positive territory for the fifteenth straight month... average. This year’s strong rebound follows a modest rise of 1.3 percent recorded last year. However... highlight that the strong growth in 2014 is mainly attributed to increased Rent-a-Car fleets due
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Car sales soar 24.5 pct in April
EconomyMacroeconomyis the highest reading since July 2010. The strong rebound is probably attributed to increased interest... reading since July 2010. Following the strong performance in April, the aggregate figures... 347,354 in 2008 to 116,168 in 2015. The strong growth rates in the past two years largely reflected
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PMI at 52.1 in October, dropping slightly from previous month
EconomyMacroeconomywas driven by strong domestic and export demand, which increased purchasing activity and output. Higher raw material costs led to higher input price inflation, while strong demand created the capacity... was among the highest noted since records began in May 1999. Increased staff in turn led
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Rating agencies up Greece's scores, adding to positive outlook
Economy. As the country started establishing a record of strong fiscal performance, in line with programme commitments... that was outlined in the May 2016 and June 2017 Eurogroups. This will keep Greece’s gross financing... of the “clean exit” without a formal precautionary credit line but strong conditionality for the debt
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The race to reduce Greece's bad loans
EconomyBanking, Greece’s banks will have more work to do in the next few months. Progress and targets Strong progress.... At the end of May, Piraeus Bank agreed the sale of a corporate NPE portfolio worth 1.95 billion euros..., totalling roughly 1 billion euros, which are collateralised. With strong interest in all bad loan sales so
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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsalso appears to have performed poorly in northern Greece, where there was strong opposition... that he may have been unable to because of the nature of Sunday’s elections. Also, he will hope... elections New Democracy was also on course for a strong showing in the municipal and regional elections
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