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Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsmedia posts by several proprietors, Olympiacos FC in an official announcement accused the government of having a hostile attitude to Greek football and singling out the Piraeus team in particular... said the government was attempting to shrug off its responsibilities by presenting hooliganism
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Budget surplus at 1.94 bln in 6-month, 1.51 bln above target on strong underspend
EconomyMacroeconomyby 58.8 percent to 836 million, off target by 22 million. Moreover, expenditure also recorded... will be provided upon the release of the final budget execution bulletin due on June 24. Meanwhile... from earmarked revenues by 299 million, grants to hospitals by 265 million, lower social security
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HFSF Q3 report shows 23 bln valuation losses in Greek banks
EconomyBankingfrom HFSF share in the four systemic Greek banks and return of 10.9 billion EFSF bonds to EFSF... of HFSF’s participation in Greek banks stood at 2.12 billion euros from 11.62 billion at the end of 2014... period. On top of the valuation losses, the negative bottom-line result also incorporates a one-off
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Poposki visit significant but Greek-FYROM relations yet to find sure footing
PoliticsForeign Policysay that “there will never be a perfect time” to reach a settlement on the name issue. The Greek side... months after his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias visited Skopje in June. When they meet in Athens, the two men will hold talks for the fifth time in less than a year. The Greek government began
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Erdogan makes forceful start to visit, catches Athens off guard
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek government found itself in an uncomfortable position on Thursday, the first day... and lengthy exchange before television cameras appears to have caught the Greek side by surprise... compounded the feeling that the Greek government would have preferred Pavlopoulos not to engage
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ECB holds off on reinstating Greek waiver, waits for completion of prior actions
Economya decision on Thursday regarding the reinstatement of waiver on Greek government securities. ECB... meeting on June 22. Based on the first quarter figures, the Greek banks hold 6.1 billion euros of Greek... are eligible for Eurosystem funding collateral This means, the total nominal amount of Greek
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New Himare elections pose fresh challenge for Greek-Albanian relations
PoliticsForeign Policyraised by members of the ethnic Greek minority. According to official results, Tavo took 5,022 votes... the first moment by the Greek government, has claimed that his conviction was politically motivated... are members of the local ethnic Greek minority. It should be noted that Himare is populated
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ILO highlights social impact of Greek crisis, proposes change in policy
Societyof the Greek crisis, Greece’s expenditure on social protection corresponded to 27.4 percent of GDP in 2009... of unemployment benefits to self-employed, public works programme for long-term unemployed, one-off... to 800,000 people. Furthermore, the share of Greek population unable to meet financial expenses, which
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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet
SocietyJust over three-quarters of the Greek workforce says it struggles to make ends meet, a rate more... of Greek workers (both employees and self-employed people) said their household made ends meet “with great... by the financial crisis, only 21 percent of Greek workers believed they might lose their job
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Lenders set out post-MoU reform tasks ahead for Athens
EconomyProgrammeemployees by mid-2021. Also, the Greek authorities pledge not to accumulate any additional arrears...) programme, last Thursday’s Eurogroup also outlined the set of commitments that the Greek authorities will have to undertake so the complete set of reforms are successfully signed off. Additionally, two
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