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Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government’s response to the latest hooliganism incident has managed to anger the country’s top... the serious injury of a riot policeman by a flare fired outside a sports event last weekend, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to crack down on sports-related violence, a promise he has now
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Opposition unable to find basis for cooperation despite public support
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor further cooperation. Of the four parties’ leaders, SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos has been the most... Left, the splinter party formed by former SYRIZA MPs. New Left has struggled to make its mark since... officials should stand trial in connection to the death of a policeman who was hit by a flare before
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Greek primary surplus at 400 mln to Oct but arrears keep piling up
EconomyMacroeconomyEAP terms and comparable to the government’s estimate of 812 million for the whole year 2013... has dropped by a lower amount (2.40 billion) year to date. It is apparent that the creation of new
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Greek primary budget surplus doubles to 835 mln in Jan but below target
Economyand the Development Ministers set for Monday. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has recently stated that 2013 primary... of 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget. MoF sources suggest that an agreement with the troika
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Budget primary surplus at 5.36 bln in 10-month, exceeding target on lower expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomyfor a seventh consecutive month to stand at 812 million, declining from September’s figure of 999 million..., unchanged from September. Although the figure has increased substantially against last year's (75
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyratio of 2.81. The PDMA accepted 812 million euros for an auctioned amount of 625 million. The yields... in February has been steadily improving since, dropping to 3.87 percent at the end of April, having lost some
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Has internal devaluation really helped Greek exports?
EconomyThe performance of Greece’s exports has been one of the main disappointments of the troika-led... markets has been steadily declining since 2008 and the reforms implemented since 2010 have not had much... and the deregulation of the labour market, which has managed to erase in just three years all
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Settling rising private debt? The IMF has some ideas
Economy, has recently emerged as an important issue in the discussions between the Greek government... taxes of 67 billion and unpaid social security contributions of 16 billion. The Bank of Greece has.... The direct government involvement in private debt restructuring has been relatively rare according to the IMF
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No one has won in Spain
Agorathey are. Neither the right block (with the Popular Party and Ciudadanos) has enough seats to form... parliamentary majority. The political landscape that has emerged from these elections shows very clearly... by the PP. The rough road that common Spaniards have crossed in the last four years has been full
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Tsipras leads the line as New Democracy has victory and majority in its sights
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Cyprus, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to douse speculation that has emerged over... side to us. It has a completely different approach to what the country really needs... elections, although this may depend on the undecided voters. According to the survey, New Democracy has
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