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  1. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    has gone down in history as a “golden year” for Greece. Its soccer team beat the odds to win... servants is on the way down and some gradual advances are being made through the use of better know-how... has been that speculation about Greece leaving the euro has died down somewhat. For three years

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  2. Final act in ERT closure carries significant risk for coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    before dawn on Thursday, almost five months after the government shut down the TV and radio service... down ERT and replace it with a new broadcaster will die down once normal transmissions resume... to be to push for NERIT, rather than a pared down interim TV service, known simply as Public

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  3. SYRIZA to test coalition with censure motion but victory unlikely

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in June 2012, its decision to shut down public broadcaster ERT has caused political waves like... would consider bringing down the government on Sunday night, when the vote is due to be held... was taken off air in June and perhaps felt they could not turn down a second opportunity to do so

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  4. Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward

    Agora

    at the earliest, its accumulated sovereign debt will continue to weigh down the country’s economy... as the IMF started recently speaking out in favour of euro area lenders to write down their loans... a debt write down, more acceptable to the German public. How the arrangement will look exactly

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  5. A closer look at Greece's 2013 budget primary surplus of 603 mln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent to 5.79 billion in December, with the 12-month figure down 4 percent to 49.4 billion, which... down 2.1 percent to 3.1 billion, 204 million above target. Direct taxes rose 3.2 percent..., leading the full year figure down 6.9 percent to 44.23 billion, which was 601 million better than

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  6. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    stores. The OECD suggests that this liberalisation would bring down the price of OTC drugs and reduce... average, according to the OECD report. Perhaps there is a little wiggle room here for prices to come down... contest. Ultimately, this comes down to a question of survival. The OECD itself makes it clear in its

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  7. PASOK stakes coalition survival on voters’ fear of uncertainty
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    European Parliament election result for the centre-left Olive Tree alliance could bring down... this would bring the government down, which would be damaging for the people involved and the party... Samaras has certainly played down the possibility of the government falling apart after May 25

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  8. Greek industrial turnover drop accelerates in April

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the recorded decrease in April fully reflects a double-digit drop in manufacturing turnover (down 10 percent... decrease was recorded in wood and cork (down 39.4 percent), electrical equipment (down 36.9 percent) and motor vehicles (down 24.7 percent). It is also noteworthy that those sectors also showed

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  9. National Bank reports 1.15 bln H1 profit on back of 1 bln deferred tax
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    EconomyBanking

    at 109 million in H1 from 311 last year, down 65 percent. On a quarterly basis though, Q2 net profit... with a drop in loan provision by 17 percent to 705 million. The quarterly figures show PPI down 11.... The yearly drop mainly stems from a double-digit decrease in personnel expenses (down 16 percent), while

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  10. Industrial production falls by 5.1 pct in September for seventh straight drop

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    three sub-indices showed a modest decline, with water supply down 1.1 percent, while mining... with the sharpest decrease recorded in motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (down 54 percent), computers, electronic and optical products (down 43.6 percent) and other transport equipment (down

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