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  1. Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have one eye on potential unrest within his party this week... prominent one, said that while SYRIZA was able to argue during last September’s elections... as SYRIZA’s own programme rather than something that is being imposed by Greece’s creditors. One more

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  2. Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is finally agreed it would represent a boost for Athens in one respect as it had sought to avoid having.... The prospect of cuts to wages and pensions, however, will be a difficult one for the coalition... Greece on a short leash and dashing any hopes of a substantial reduction in one go. The benchmark

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  3. Camp conditions and fragile EU-Turkey agreement risks for Greece in refugee crisis

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    camp and drastically reducing the numbers at the port of Piraeus, authorities have almost solved one... to be of a similar standard to the one constructed at Elaionas in Athens last year. More than 2,200 refugees... to keep to this agreement. Mitsotakis was accompanied on his visit by one of the local mayors, suggesting

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  4. Government hopes offer of tax breaks and grants will spark growth boost

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    for domestic production. One of the key provisions of the law is the support for investments above 20 million euros that create at least two jobs per one million euros invested. For these types... study revealed that an investment of 1 euro in one quarter results in a cumulative increase of GDP

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  5. During crisis, proportion of Greeks in extreme poverty has risen almost seven times to 15 pct
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    Society

    estimated the extreme poverty threshold ranges from 182 euros per month for a one-person privately... children, which were in a better position than families with one or two. The survey also found... from 50 percent in 2011. In contrast, only one percent of families of civil servants, public sector

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  6. Labour laws already emerging as key issue for next bailout review

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the government would fight to protect restrictions on mass dismissals, which is one of the areas... dismissals being lifted, it is clear that this will be one of the most contentious issues... Greece and the institutions over this matter, it is likely to be one of the factors that prevents

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  7. Some basic products in Greece among most expensive in EU

    Society

    and eggs, one of the nine categories of goods out of 13 that are above average EU prices, according to new...). Indeed, oils and fats were one of the few categories that saw a price rise from 2014 to 2015... expensive member state than in the cheapest one. Denmark had the highest price level for food

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  8. Newsletter 80 - 01/07/2016

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    not sour the mood ahead of his visit to Beijing. It will, though, leave the prime minister with one more... in the modern era, the turmoil of the last few days has been something to behold. One of the world’s... was a mandate for him to return to the negotiating table to seek a better deal, not one to turn his back

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  9. Eurosystem funding falls 8.6 bln in June in aftermath of waiver reinstatement
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    that from the 45 billion euros of deposit outflows in the first half of 2015, one third of withdrawals in the form of banknotes was kept under mattresses, while one third was transferred to bank accounts abroad and the remaining one third was switched to international money market funds.

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  10. Simple majority for new electoral law, which threatens future complications
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and try to get a supermajority, meaning the one voted through Parliament never applies. In fact, New... that rather than having to find one coalition partner (e.g. Independent Greeks, who would gain two more... but had not been there for others, including the one given by his coalition partner, Independent

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