Greek firms will struggle whether ‘competitive’ or not

The release of a report on international competitiveness has triggered hot political and economic debates in Greece

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Maduro moves aim to consolidate power in Venezuela

New plans for a virtual currency, a wider military role and the threat to suspend elections could backfire on Maduro

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Next year will see a strengthened President Xi Jinping push through his agenda for a 'new era', at home and abroad

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North African countries import high proportions of their food, making them vulnerable to global price fluctuations

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Maintaining the status quo has broad support, but all parties involved are under pressure to extract a high price

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The new leader has none of the local connections traditionally required to manage Russia's most ethnically mixed region

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Social democrats are uniting to challenge the ruling Syriza, which hopes economic recovery will restore its popularity

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Mexico’s ruling party has appointed outsider as candidate in an effort to offset its unpopularity

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Funcinpec has returned to front line-politics, but Sam Rainsy still sees a future for the CNRP

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Investors have devoured frontier economies' debt this year while the MSCI frontier markets equity index is up 25%+

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