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  1. About-turn over ministry post undermines impact of PM's reshuffle

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a coffee shop, let alone such an important ministry. There are conflicting reports on what led to the about...’ Protection Ministry, where former Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakis took over from outgoing... and Interior Minister Makis Voridis. The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) issued

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  2. Drop ‘til you shop
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    Agora

    is that most Greeks simply do not have enough money to shop anything other than pretty much the basics... the rather bleak reality that shop owners are conveying. Perhaps there needs to be more of a concerted

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  3. Greeks tending to shop less often and opt for local products

    Society

    per month. Of those surveyed, 59 percent said they shop up to six times in a month. During

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  4. Confusion over retail reopening puts govt on defensive
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    -hour shopping slot via SMS. But on Friday, shop owners in the areas of Thessaloniki, Kozani... Achtsioglou accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of toying with shop owners and offering them... by the ongoing restrictions. Deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas received a frosty reception during

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  5. China’s Footprint in Southeast Europe: Constructing the "Balkan Silk Road"
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    Agora

    Bank Dog fang Electric Corporation Stanari EFT Doboj, RS Energy 350 Official Lending Construction... involvement concerns the Stanari thermal power plant in Doboj, Republika Srpska. The project started..., the Chinese involvement in the Stanari thermal power plant underlines that the Chinese are so far only

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  6. ND denies plans to bring in more MPs as Mitsotakis waits to see impact of new measures
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Dawn politician. On Monday night, the Interior Ministry tabled an amendment in Parliament aimed... question, asking respondents to choose the political leader they would prefer to share a coffee

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  7. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  8. Central Athens shop closures at six-year low, mixed picture in other commercial centres
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    EconomyFeatures

    A survey by the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) has revealed that the number of shuttered shops in Athens’ city centre has dropped to its lowest level since 2012. The survey has been carried out every six months since 2010...

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  9. If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
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    Agora

    productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which

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  10. Newsletter 80 - 01/07/2016

    Newsletters

    , Sarah Vine, told the former education minister the morning after the referendum. She used a famous

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