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Yet Another Election? Weary Greeks See Little Gain From Vote

17/09/2015(0)
Greeks head to their third ballot in less than a year Greek voters say nothing is going to change for them   Like many Greeks, Christi Psarra has no ... Read More
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GDP up by 0.4% in both euro area and EU28

08/09/2015(0)
Second estimate for the second quarter of 2015 GDP up by 0.4% in both euro area and EU28 +1.5% and +1.9% respectively compared with second quarter of 2014 Seasonally ... Read More
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U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms could be next week

04/09/2015(0)
The United States is preparing to sanction Chinese companies connected to the cyber theft of U.S. intellectual property as early as next week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. ... Read More
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The discovery of a “supegiant” gas field in Egyptian waters could be bad news for Cyprus and Israel while Greece push towards the privatization of its energy sector

03/09/2015(0)
The East Mediterranean energy play has been transformed overnight when the Italian energy company ENI announced the discover of a giant gas field off the coast of Egypt. Read ... Read More
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Is the EU losing the Western Balkans? What local experts think

31/08/2015(0)
No business as usual in the Western Balkans The Western Balkans remain Europe’s unfinished business, not only for the continuing stalemate in Bosnia or tensions in Macedonia and Northern ... Read More
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An unexpected victim of Greek crisis

31/08/2015(0)
Dutch drama over Greek crisis The Greek crisis may have claimed an unexpected new victim: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. In a five hour debate last week on the ... Read More
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IMF: A form of debt restructuring should enable Greece to handle its “unviable” debt

31/08/2015(0)
Crisis in Greece: IMF’s Lagarde says restructuring should suffice A form of debt restructuring rather than outright forgiveness should enable Greece to handle its “unviable” debt burden, the head ... Read More
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Qatari trade surplus falls in July due to oil and gas price volatility

31/08/2015(0)
Qatar’s trade surplus fell last month, largely because of tumbling oil and gas prices. It dipped 1.4 per cent from June to 14.3 billion Qatari riyals (Dh14.4bn) and plunged 55.6 per ... Read More
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Greece debt crisis: Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader

28/08/2015(0)
Greece‘s top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms Thanou after efforts to form ... Read More
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Greek bourse calms down after rocky start – Tsipras Risks a Fragmented Parliament

27/08/2015(0)
Following the roller-coaster ride during the first two sessions of the week, trading was stable on the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The general index moved up just 0.16 ... Read More
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