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  1. 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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  2. Recent steady rise in refugee arrivals pose extra challenge for Greece
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    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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. PASOK emerges victorious from first round of centre-left leadership vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    former PASOK ministers, gained less than 10 percent combined. The result means that Gennimata.... Theodorakis had stated during the campaign that anything less than 200,000 would be a failure. The fact... 2015 and substantially lower (334,752) than those who cast ballots in the second round in January

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  6. Name and shame
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    Agora

    Mitsotakis the younger should know better than most that playing short-term domestic political games... such as the one in Thessaloniki, labelling them nothing more than the populist manifestation of fringe... even sharper mid-air manoeuvres than the Greek air force F16s he commands. Few eyebrows would

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  7. New increase in flow of refugees to Greece causes unease

    Society

    , and reaction to problems rather than proaction to prevent them. On several occasions, worsening... trapped on Greece’s squalid island camps. No sooner had the directive been issued than the Greek... to more than one party shirking its responsibilities. Greece found itself at the sharp end

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  8. Newsletter 171 -20/07/2018

    Newsletters

    rather than making a break from the past. This argument will seem much less convincing if Tsipras... on the fact that before the recession began the economy dominated by small firms, rather than larger... for the month of June, higher than the figure of 3.43 billion in May and 32.4 percent higher than

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  9. Newsletter 172 -27/07/2018

    Newsletters

    questioned The deadly wildfire in Mati, northeast of Athens, which claimed more than 80 lives has... to the agency’s expectations, there are reversals of reforms, or if growth is weaker than expected, both.... Primary expenditure was confirmed at 4.28 billion for the month of June, higher than the figure

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  10. Central bank points out signs of recovery in business lending
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    Economy

    was lower than the aggregate figure, dropping by 0.6 percent in 2018, from a 0.1 percent drop... than 500 SMEs which employ less than 250 staff, access to credit is still considered one... to 17 percent, down from 23 percent in the same period in 2017 and substantially lower than

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