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  1. The tie that binds
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    Agora

    addressed by structural reforms. In these circumstances, nobody can talk of a dramatic change in Greece’s...A cringeworthy gathering full of symbolism but lacking any substance at the Zappeion hall... Greeks have been through in the last decade could have been avoided. The Zappeion hall was the holy

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  2. ND highlights housing initiatives as Athens waste row rekindles hopes of progressive alliance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the dramatic realignments which have taken place in the interim period, which have seen Doukas sidelined from... alliance between the two parties which won city hall in the last local elections. The government... for a progressive alliance on the national scene. Athens mayor Haris Doukas, who won city hall for PASOK

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  3. OECD sees heavy hit from pandemic, gradual recovery in 2021 picking up pace in 2022
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    Economy

    to 13.5 percent in 2022. Exports will suffer a heavy hit this year, declining by almost a quarter

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  4. Lowest income groups in Greece saw wages drop and taxes rise most during crisis

    Society

    Lower income groups in Greece saw their tax burden increase by 337.7 percent from 2008 to 2012... percent from 2008 to 2012, the bottom three income groups saw their earnings from wages sink the most...) was in the 5th decile while those at the top saw their wage income fall by 9.3 percent. It also finds

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  5. Tempe casts heavy shadow over public mood as accident report confirms serious safety failings
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ’s protests, Thursday also saw the publication of the report of the Hellenic Air & Rail Safety

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  6. Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
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    Agora

    more dramatic, is growing and filling in the gaps. It is this spirit of cooperation and burden... refugees and migrants arrive on its islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other.... The SYRIZA-led government was ideologically opposed to the idea of detaining refugees or migrants

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  7. Commission slashes 2015 Greek growth forecast to 0.5 pct, sees debt rising
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    Economy

    revision for 2016 GDP is less dramatic, now pointing to a growth of 2.9 percent from 3.6 percent..., uncertainty is taking a heavy toll on investment, which is also suffering from constrained credit... percent before, while retaining its 2016 estimate almost stable at 3.6 percent. On unemployment, the EC

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  8. Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016

    Newsletters

    the unilateral action we saw from the SYRIZA-led administration last year. The government made it clear... Macedonia (+11.6 percent) and North Aegean (+5.3 percent). January saw the number of building permits hit..., as illustrated by the dramatic decline of share prices of UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo and others

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  9. More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
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    Economy

    exceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall

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  10. The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
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    Agora

    the eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier

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