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  1. For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
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    Agora

    that New Democracy and PASOK refuse to accept the end of the most tumultuous and costly period in modern... and estimates, Greece was expected to save an additional 1.7 to 2 billion euros annually over the period... yet prove difficult.” Although growth estimates between now and 2014 for the near term have been

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  2. IMF revises fiscal estimates upward, sees debt ratio at 162.8 pct in 2022
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    upped its primary surplus estimate for 2016 to 3.3 percent of GDP, from 0.1 percent in its previous... Fiscal Monitor, which provided its updated fiscal estimates. Unlike the downward revision of its..., the Fund estimates a lower primary surplus of 1.5 percent of GDP from 2019 onwards. This means that IMF

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  3. Q1 GDP contracts 0.4 pct QoQ and 1.3 pct YoY, broadly in line with estimates

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    previous estimate for a GDP contraction of 0.7 percent expected in early February. In specific, EC... 2015, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) flash estimates displayed on Friday. The headline... is the highest negative reading since Q4 2014. ELSTAT said flash estimates are expected to be revised upon

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  4. Deadly collision throws spotlight on government’s migration policy

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the crossing from Libya, and for which the Greek Ombudsman recommended disciplinary charges against... insufficient compared to the needs of industry which estimates a requirement of closer to 200,000... those living and working legally in Greece, including an estimated 155,000 migrants on long-term

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  5. What will it take to reverse the Greek 'brain drain'?
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    Society

    the skills for a modern workplace. Even limited solutions need to pursued with a long-term vision... left during the crisis. An ICAP survey from 2018 estimates that over 80 percent of recent emigrants... the “mass exodus” of key professions can be misleading. For example, while an estimated 17,500 Greek

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  6. Fragility of summit pledge for border status quo already evident
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , creating a build-up of people at the Idomeni border crossing. This move, which Skopje blames... Idomeni by Monday, while authorities were holding back thousands more at Piraeus. The absence of Turkey

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  7. Refugees crisis grows in Greece as EU-Turkey deal hangs in balance
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    . Efforts to convince refugees to move away from the camps at the northern border in Idomeni... than 44,000 refugees in Greece. Of those, more than 12,000 were in Idomeni, where conditions have

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  8. Coalition's future in question over minister's gaffe

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to stop hundreds of people crossing into its territory after abandoning the Idomeni camp on the border... was referring to Monday’s exodus of refugees from Idomeni. This did not prevent New Democracy from

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  9. Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016

    Newsletters

    also scuffles on island hot spots and at Idomeni, where there are still more than 10,000 people despite the border remaining closed. The process of moving refugees away from Piraeus and Idomeni

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  10. Unease mounts as Greece prepares to implement EU-Turkey refugee deal
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    being used to temporarily house these people. This does not include those at the impromptu Idomeni and Piraeus camps. Nevertheless, the idea of returning migrants en masse to Turkey does not sit well... led to the Greek police drafting in more personnel on the islands and at Idomeni. There has also been

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