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  1. Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016

    Newsletters

    . The Union is synonymous with the challenges of immigration, with job difficulties, low pay and declining... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall... nationalities and backgrounds are mostly irrelevant. A Greek can live in Manchester, an Italian

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  2. From Berlin to Brexit
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    Agora

    is synonymous with the challenges of immigration, with job difficulties, low pay and declining social standards... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall...’s nationalities and backgrounds are mostly irrelevant. A Greek can live in Manchester, an Italian

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  3. Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016

    Newsletters

    Minister Nikos Pappas to not only launch and oversee the tender but also decide how many permits can...Pensions remain central issue Positive hints from Eurogroup as IMF calls for more measures... stressed, further work is still needed in a number of areas before an agreement can be clinched

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  4. Eurogroup agrees return of mission to Athens but key issues unresolved
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    There were few hints following the Eurogroup on the two other areas of interest for Greece: Lowering... of the difficulties that lie ahead on the debt issue. Kazimir said he is “not willing to pay any price... outcome has some elements that suggest good progress can be made in the coming days once

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  5. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    Agora

    , in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, to pay the first of six instalments of Greece’s new property tax... to pay our taxes even if it’s the last thing we do,” he said. This month marks the anniversary... of a pensioner while queuing to pay another austerity-related tax could be seen as a metaphor for how

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  6. Rise in overdue contributions slows to 310 mln in Q3, total at 16.9 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The rise in unpaid social security contributions (SSCs) slowed quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 310 million euros in Q3 of 2016, from 831 million in Q2. The outstanding amount reaching 16.92 billion, the quarterly bulletin of the single SSC collection centre (KEAO) displayed on Monday. The increase

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  7. Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Greece is stepping up its efforts to improve relations with neighbours such as Albania so it can... and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The same argument was used by Foreign Minister Nikos... described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “sultan.” He also tried to distance himself

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  8. Sustained friction with Turkey reveals differing views, approaches in Athens
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    ’t think Mr. Erdogan imagines that he can change Europe’s borders.” Kotzias seems to believe... it can.” This underlines that the Greek foreign minister believes Turkey will not move against Greece....” "In a country where justice does not work properly and courts operate under the Sultan's order

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  9. Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 1.47 bln in Jan as taxes dwindle
    Finance Ministry

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros. The monthly primary... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.

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  10. New team at Finance Ministry tasked with familiar old juggling act

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    can afford to ignore the country’s creditors in the short run, painful spending cuts somewhere... that the government will probably pass it as advertised and then deal with the problem of how to pay... exactly the right know-how to ensure the institutional plans that are currently in the works can

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