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  1. IMF comments, blog leave no doubt credible debt relief has to be agreed soon
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    EconomyProgramme

    Almost two weeks after the publication of its Article IV consultation report on Greece, including its updated debt sustainability analysis, the IMF published on Thursday evening a blog with the Fund’s perspective on dealing with sovereign debt. The article is written by Sean Hagan, general Counsel

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  2. Alexis Tsipras, Nanni Moretti and the future of the Greek Left

    Agora

    In the opening scene of his comedy film Caro Diario (1993), Nanni Moretti goes for a ride with his Vespa on the outskirts of Rome. At some point, he stops at a traffic light and he informs the unsuspecting driver of a red cabriolet that he does not believe in majorities. Even in a fairer and more

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  3. ND defends economic pledges as Kammenos repeats walkout threat
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The fallout from the economic pledges made by New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki Expo (DETH) over the weekend have dominated the political discussion at the start of this week, but observers also have one eye on the turmoil tha...

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  4. ND views SYRIZA's Parliament walkout as a pre-election gift
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government believes that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has scored an own goal by pulling his party out of any further votes in Parliament until elections take place, although New Democracy is plagued by its own concerns in the form of allegations abo...

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  5. If you think it's bleak for Greece now, wait until tomorrow
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    Agora

    productivity growth since 1970 has been averaging 0.7 percent, by far the lowest in the euro area, which

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  6. Greek train firm TRAINOSE attracts just one bid, no interest in rolling stock
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    Economy

    in 2005 as a subsidiary of the Greek railway company (OSE), which was founded in 1970 and is wholly owned

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  7. Return to sender: Post office closures being reevaluated in wake of political uproar
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as “difficult but necessary,” emphasising that postal services would continue via couriers, rural...-month consultation period. Rural challenges Beyond political infighting, the closures raised urgent questions about access to essential services. There are concerns that elderly citizens in rural areas

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  8. Greek primary budget surplus eases to 1.95 bln on back of lower revenues in Aug
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    Economy

    revenue targets included revenues of 884 million euros from the first two instalments of the new

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  9. Greek gg primary cash surplus at 2.2 bln in 2014, arrears down to 3.75 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Greek general government (gg) primary cash balance showed a surplus of 2.18 billion euros in 2014 from deficit of 884 million in 2013, according to the gg bulletin published by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Friday. However, the end-year figure of 2.18 billion euros was 1.5 billion lower than

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  10. Higher education in Greece needs radical overhaul to create labour-relevant workforce, study says
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    Society

    sector was 884 euros in 2016 compared to 1,054 euros in 2008. In the public sector, despite falling

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