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Mandatory e-payments come into force as Greece seeks to boost card use further
EconomyFeaturesis rife, having a POS could end up being a tick in the box rather than an active tool to counter the problem. BoG’s May 2017 report also notes the main stumbling block for the pattern that has emerged
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Newsletter 131 -15/09/2017
with a problem as the company’s announcement, which received wide coverage from the international media... being set for September rather than August as initially planned. Primary expenditure declined by 20.9
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Athens hits back over EU's refugee criticism, but domestic gripes more of a concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsa problem with unaccompanied minors,” said Mouzalas. “We are asking Europe to take some of these children... the criticism it is receiving domestically rather than any international scorn. The coalition’s
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Concerns prompt Athens to dampen optimism as Macedonia name talks begin
PoliticsForeign Policydiplomat, who has been involved in these negotiations for more than 20 years, said... character before. The reason was mainly that Athens did not wish to present the problem as being
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Macedonia name talks move along but key issues still to be addressed
PoliticsForeign Policyratifying our accession as soon as we and Greece announce that the problem is solved.” Given Skopje's rush...” and the country’s airport “Skopje International Airport” rather than “Alexander the Great International
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Capture of soldiers adds to complexity of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyChristodoulides on Monday, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that Turkey is a common problem... countries. “It is better, much better, even than the statement made in 1996 during the Imia crisis. He
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Greek banks' NPL selloff gathers speed
EconomyBankingeffective NPE management “the most crucial legacy problem that banks now have to tackle”. He added... to 99.1 billion, which is 796 million lower than the target of 99.9 billion. NPL stock was down against
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PM tries to halt election speculation as poll gap widens
PoliticsGreek Politicsfigures were 25 and 20 percent respectively. Foreign policy issues are now the most important problem... and unemployment. The issue which SYRIZA is seen handling better than its political opponents is the fight
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomy. Although the chronic problem of the negative external balance during the crisis was corrected through... imports there is a high probability that imports will grow by more than 3.5 percent annually
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New overdue taxes rise by 599 mln in April, total stock continues to grow
EconomyMacroeconomyworsened to less than 50 percent compared to 54.9 percent in March. Corporate income tax due increased... to growth. Tackling Greece’s growing pile of unpaid taxes continues to be a problem, not least because
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