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Tusk proposals over refugee quotas puts Athens on alert ahead of EU summit
PoliticsGreek Politicsyet to be relocated under the quota system agreed more than two years ago. Hungary and Slovakia... the overcrowding at hot spots. There were more than 4,000 arrivals each month in September..., less than 2,000 migrants had been sent back by Greek authorities. The Greek government seems
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ECB survey shows enduring preference for cash payments in Greece
EconomyFeaturesin cash, with 26 percent of all rent in Greece being paid by this method rather than a bank transfer or card payment. The average for the euro area was 6 percent. Greeks were also more likely than any... have been possible. Greeks were also more likely than any other nationality survyed to have received
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Entrepreneurs show lack of innovation, face many barriers to entry, study suggests
EconomyFeaturesactivity came to 3.8 percent in 2016 against 2015’s figure of 3 percent, and notably higher than... percent), while the rate of creating a business due to necessity is much higher than the average (22.8... rates. Informal investors played a role in 2.9 percent of new businesses, lower than the rate
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Moody's upgrades rating to 'B3,' amid confidence about political outlook, economic prospects
Economyprogramme has exceeded expectations and has been stronger than under its two earlier programmes... moderate than currently expected,” the agency says. If this fiscal performance materialises, the public... forceful manner than over the past eight years.” Most notably, for the sensitive topic of electronic
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Budget primary surplus at 2.75 bln in Feb on increased revenues, lower expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomylast year was 34 million. Tax refunds rose to 719 million euros in the aggregate period, higher than their target by 110 million euros. The aggregate figure is higher than that for the same time last..., above target by 683 million euros, and 4 percent higher than for the same time last year. Expenditure
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The gruelling final straight of Greece's bailout
AgoraGreece should seek a precautionary credit line rather than a cash buffer, estimated at somewhere... Greece with extra insurance if markets are more turbulent than expected when it leaves the programme... for incomes (worth an amount equal to 1 percent of GDP) has to be implemented in 2019, rather than 2020
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Greeks show highest mistrust in newspapers, TV and online news across EU
Societyin particular had levels of trust in radio news that were lower than the EU average, and the highest..., at 44 percent for Greece and 47 percent for the EU. Conversely, Greeks had a higher than average... than the average to place responsibility with broadcasting management (30 percent) and more likely than
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Greece's foreign policy trap
Agoraenvironment it hopes to profit from in political terms lies in foreign, rather than economic, policy. Prime... this speculation are mostly linked to events unfolding outside the country’s borders rather than within.... While his comments regarding the treaty were to do with far more than the sovereignty of Aegean islands
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.37 bln in March, above target by 1.27 bln
EconomyMacroeconomymillion. Expenditure Primary expenditure rose to 3.41 in March, higher than the figure of 3.22 billion in February but 13.7 percent lower than the figure for March 2017. The aggregate figure... below target by 2 million euros and 5.4 percent lower than that for the same time last year. Interest
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
. Gennimata went a step further than Mitsotakis and suggested that the polls should take place before... stretched than previously assumed and that the considerable improvements in employment are taking longer... this year and 0.9 percent in 2019. The estimate for 2018 is less than half the previous 1.2 percent growth
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