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  1. Parliament's budget office sees Greek recovery finely poised

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    that the Greek economy could grow by more than expected this year but that a series of concerns... weigh on the recovery. The PBO estimates that the economic recovery this year may be stronger than... is one of the biggest in the world, higher than that of other countries with systemic crises

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  2. The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics

    Agora

    warned the euro area that its public debt and deficit figures would be worse than expected. The deficit for 2004 came in at 6.1 percent, more than double the eurozone limit, while Greece’s debt... have been held accountable? Greek taxpayers, who were largely the victims rather than perpetrators

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  3. Will the real men of unity please stand up?
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    Agora

    rather than joke. After all, would humorous references about the way that politicians from other... to the “troika” of lenders, rather than the “institutions” mentioned in official documents, knowing this would.... “It is this egotism motivated by nationalism that disconcerts me more than anything else today,” he told

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  4. Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and then held a working dinner that lasted for more than four hours, which was seen as unusually long... was a result of a detailed discussion about points of convergence or difference rather than due to a falling...” and to seek a different “policy mix” rather than a complete change of direction. Although he criticised

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  5. Yes or no, complex political developments lie ahead for Greece
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    if an accurate projection will be available then. As this is Greece’s first referendum in more than 40 years... of the result will only be available at 9 p.m. if there is more than 4 percentage points difference between... fundamentals. This would mean that any agreement is likely to be more onerous than whatever

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  6. One year of SYRIZA

    Agora

    for longer than the US was decades ago, the message from those drafting the adjustment programme..., if not more so, than previous agreements. SYRIZA was right to challenge the logic of the bailout... then will SYRIZA have a chance of being remembered for anything other than being the instigator of Greece’s

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  7. Mapping the views of the Greeks
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    Society

    than those who define themselves as “leftists”. Amounting to 17 to 20 percent of the population... has offered more to the EU than it has received from it, which the authors believe indirectly implies... wary of terms like “capitalism” and “shares”, only a very small minority (less than 6 percent

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  8. Recent steady rise in refugee arrivals pose extra challenge for Greece
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to decongest the “hotspots” on other islands. There are currently more than 10,500 migrants (out of a total... average has increased to more than 80 (80.5), which is a rise of almost 70 percent. Mouzalas has... to last year or even earlier in 2016, when it was not uncommon for more than 1,000 people to arrive

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  9. Out with the old, in with the old
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    Agora

    Perhaps more so than its promises about debt reduction, its ambitious targets for welfare spending... than 18 months later, these voters are likely to be feeling a strong sense of disappointment... own. In other words, it is more focussed on engaging in regime change than breathing new life

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  10. The flag of permanent defeat
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    Agora

    a day longer than Antonis Samaras (951 days), almost 200 more days than George Papandreou (766... cannot give a convincing interpretation regarding what the last 2.5 years have been about. Rather than... government in the world could be condemned for being more focussed on holding on to power rather than

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