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SYRIZA to test coalition with censure motion but victory unlikely
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat threatens the coalition's survival. Some of the dissenting MPs may use the threat of the censure.... There may also be a feeling in SYRIZA ranks that given the displeasure of some ND lawmakers... that fears the party may be becoming too conformist. For Tsipras, a face off with the government may
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Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists
PoliticsGreek Politicsand European Parliament elections. The May polls will be a watershed for the coalition and SYRIZA... vote in May. With misgivings persisting about the economic recovery the government has promised... to such a degree that the threat of snap elections will not hang over the government after May. The recent
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Greek bank capital increases: A breakdown of what has been achieved
Economycapital increase this month, raising 2.5 billion on May 9. The transaction was reportedly two times... billion raised from private investors in May-June 2013 during the first round of capital increases... systemic banks currently (May 13) amounts to 32.6 billion accounting for 46.3 percent of the domestic
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IMF report sees a number of risks lying ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammeminister announced on Monday. The IMF Executive Board had approved on May 30 the disbursement of two..., there is a funding gap of 12.6 billion in 2015, notably for the seven months after May 2015... (ETEAN). Since fewer guarantees have been called than expected, the Greek government may cancel about
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Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s unpaid taxes rose by 873 million in May at a slightly accelerating pace compared... Systems. Following May’s performance, the year to date figure of new unpaid tax obligations stands... at the end of May from 65.97 billion at the end of April. Although the cumulative debt keeps rising
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Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament may be well into its summer sessions, the thermometer may be edging towards 40 Celsius and Greeks may be anticipating their holidays but the tension in the country’s politics is being steadily ratcheted up. The mixed messages delivered by the Greek electorate in May’s local and European
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Greek banks' Eurosystem funding drops to 44.95 bln in June, lowest since Jan 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyby 11.3 billion in May, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline... of May, Eurosystem funding stood at 50.66 billion. The monthly movement is due to a drop in ECB funding... to 642 thousand euros at the end of June from 3.6 million at the end of May. Since the beginning
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Greek primary cash surplus reaches 1.8 bln in H1 2014
EconomyMacroeconomymillion respectively. Arrears After falling by 28 million euros in May, the stock of state arrears.... In absolute numbers, the outstanding figure stood at 5.15 billion in June from 5.23 billion in May..., of which 9.4 billion occurred in May. The amount of short term loans, which was zero until March
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Tourist arrivals in June increase 13.7 pct, bringing significant rise in receipts
EconomyMacroeconomyAfter a temporary slowdown in May, Greece's travel receipts rebounded strongly in June, shooting up by 16.3 percent from 0.8 percent in May, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). In absolute figures... also rose by 12.1 percent to 203 million in May. As a result, the travel surplus surged 16.7 percent
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How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
AgoraThe line coming out of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s office at the end of May was that New..., then, that all the key decisions taken by Samaras and his ministers since May have been those... in May. The unravelling began on June 9 with the cabinet reshuffle. Samaras’s decision to pack
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