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  1. First TV debate does little to fire up election contest

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The first, and rather tepid, televised debate ahead of the September 20 elections is unlikely to have made a significant impact on the contest. The rigid format, which saw the seven party leaders taking part answer questions from journalists on pre-agreed topics, left little room

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  2. New Democracy heads for leadership vote as opposition ponders poll result
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy is expected to hold a leadership contest later this year as the conservatives look to bounce back from a disappointing showing in Sunday’s elections. The party saw its share of the vote increase slightly to 28.1 percent from 27.8 percent in January but the number of voters decreased

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  3. Hotel guest numbers up 8.7 percent in 2014

    Economy

    regions showed an increase in hotel arrivals. Attica saw the biggest jump (19.5 percent), followed

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  4. Greek stocks up by 1.3 pct this week on banks’ 12.4 pct rebound

    Economy

    The Greek stock market saw only marginal movement this week except on Thursday when it rebounded 2.7 percent, led by a sharp rise of bank shares by 13.9 percent amid rumors that capital needs would be manageable. Overall, Greek shares edged up for the second straight week but at a slower pace

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  5. Greeks second biggest losers from economic crisis, says ECB

    Society

    living in Germany, Belgium and Holland saw substantial rises in their personal wealth in the four

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  6. SYRIZA tries to contain impact of ex-minister's grave allegations

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to go public with his allegations because he saw that Tsipras was not willing to deal

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  7. Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    estimates released in early November, which saw a GDP contraction of 1.4 percent. For next year, the EC

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  8. Sharp drop of 5.3 bln for Greek ELA funding after completion of capital increases

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding fell by 5.98 billion euros in November following a drop by 2.01 billion in October, Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement displayed on Monday. This means November saw the fastest pace of decline since July. The absolute figure landed at 113.41 billion

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  9. EC sees resilience in Greek economy, urges additional measures in 2016 and 2017
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    Economy

    In its winter economic forecasts published on Thursday, the European Commission (EC) aligned its GDP estimates with those incorporated in Greece’s 2016 budget calling for GDP growth in 2015 and contraction of 0.7 percent in 2016. The previous EC estimates last November saw a recession of 1.4

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  10. Greece banking on Turkish cooperation in refugee plan
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the two countries. Although the fourth of such meetings, which saw a Greek premier visit Izmir

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