GREECE - Factors to Watch on Dec 15

ATHENS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Monday:

ATEBANK EGM TO DISCUSS COVERED BONDS ISSUE PROGRAM

ATEbank (AGBr.AT) will ask shareholders to approve an up to 5 billion euro covered bonds issue at an extraordinary meeting on January 12, financial daily Imerisia reported.

www.imerisia.gr

GREEK Q3 UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 7.2 PCT Y/Y-PAPER

Greece's jobless rate in the third quarter is thought to have fallen to 7.2 percent from 7.9 percent a year earlier, the general secretary of the country's statistics service (NSS) said in an interview published on Sunday. [ID:nLE411637]

GREEK GOVERNMENT UNDER FIRE OVER HANDLING OF RIOTS

A week of violence in Greece has taken its toll on the fragile conservative government, with opinion polls showing on Sunday that many think authorities mishandled the worst rioting in decades. [ID:nLE509453]

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