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Central government debt edges down to 321 bln in Q1
Economyof December and currently make up more than 68 percent of central government debt. The bulk of FSM... remained unchanged QoQ at 14.88 billion, making up 4.6 percent of debt, while repos edged up by more than... in Q4 2015. Around 80 percent of Q1 outstanding debt has a residual maturity of more than 5 years
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Paddling with a wooden spoon
Agoramet at the Eurogroup has been pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang..., rather than who came out on top. If this is the question, then perhaps we have to accept that Alexis... to secure significant, game-changing debt relief for Greece than he did over the last few days
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Newsletter 77 - 10/06/2016
will be paid by 2018, four years earlier than the initial agreement. Government sources note that the state... billion, 2 billion higher than the 6 billion envisaged in the initial agreement. In addition, 80... of an opinion being issued on the same day, rather than in a new session on Friday. The article noted
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Some basic products in Greece among most expensive in EU
Society. Comparatively, fish is also more expensive in Greece than in most EU countries. Consumers pay 113 percent... in 2015 than in the previous year (77.4 percent) in Greece, the data showed. The data is based... of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages across the EU was more than twice as high in the most
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Pending pensions mount up, complicating fiscal effort
Economymillion from OAEE. This also reflects the reduced state subsidy, which was trimmed by more than 1.4..., bureaucratic or other reasons) has reached 159,290 cases. More than half (85,300) related to IKA... months for most funds. It doubles for those insured with more than one fund. POPOKP noted
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
goods deficit of 1.15 billion, more than offsetting a narrowing of the services’ surplus by 875... million. The weak receipts are due to lower foreign arrivals (down 5.3 percent), more than offsetting.... This more than offset a decline in the services surplus by 307 million. The shrinking deficit
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Marinopoulos travails point to wider difficulties for supermarket sector
EconomyFeaturesdecision to file for bankruptcy. The Marinopoulos story is more complicated than that of another Greek... percent) spends less than 200 euros per month according to the survey. Another survey released in April... from Eurostat released in June this year showed that Greeks pay 31 percent more than the EU average
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Fool Britannia
Agorahimself a more skilful political tactician than Cameron, which is quite an overwhelming thought. You’re... political system showed more durability and poise than we had thought until now, especially given.... Possibly Greek society proved more mature and less hateful than it gets credit for. Maybe Greece
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Electoral law vote brought forward, refugee crisis returns to political agenda
PoliticsForeign Policythis week, rather than Friday as had originally been planned. There is no obvious tactical move... rather than Parliament. However, the prime minister does not appear to have the support of his... more than 3,000 migrants on Lesvos. Despite the recent lull in arrivals, problems remain at the island
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Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsbut with a simple majority rather than a supermajority of at least 200 votes. The result means that 17-year... 35.5 percent of the vote, would receive 114 seats rather than the 145 it got. This would mean that rather than having to find one coalition partner (e.g. Independent Greeks, who would gain two more
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