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  1. On the beaches

    Agora

    The quality of the water at 94 percent of Greek beaches was deemed excellent by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), which awarded 408 Blue Flags to Greece this week, the second highest of the 48 countries the organization surveys. The high rating is testament to the care given local

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  2. Significant post-election economic challenges await Greek coalition

    Economy

    years. The official sector, the Bank of Greece and rating agencies expect a GDP rebound of up to 0.6

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  3. SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    among private sector workers reached 29.5 percent, which was almost double New Democracy’s rating

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  4. Greek economy contracts 0.9 pct in Q1, slowest pace since Q1 2010

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    will rebound by 0.6 percent in 2014. Bank of Greece sees GDP growth at 0.5 percent and the rating

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  5. Are things looking up for Greece's privatisation programme?

    Economy

    In its latest weekly credit outlook published on Monday, Moody’s said that the “Greek privatization program looks to exceed targets by year-end, a credit positive (for the sovereign)”. This is the first positive comment on privatizations by a rating agency after years of setbacks

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  6. The IMF crisis and how to solve it
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    Agora

    due within the life of the programme. But the rating agencies would spell “reprofiling” D-E-F-A-U-L-T

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  7. Q2 GDP contraction at 0.3 pct, strong Q3 needed to achieve target of annual growth
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    is also anticipated by the BoG and rating agencies, while OECD expects a mild recession at 0.3 percent

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  8. Poor poll figures leave Samaras in quandary over next move
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by the troika, while the government’s approval rating is at just 16 percent. A clear majority of Greeks (54

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  9. ECB plans for ABS, covered bonds purchases leaves doubts for Greek banks
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    Economy

    ”, Draghi said the ECB decided that countries such as Greece and Cyprus with a credit rating below

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  10. ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
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    Economy

    is not fully incorporated. The rating agency’s base-case scenario assumes that Greek banks will fill any

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