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  1. Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    than fiscal. Greece is expected to produce a larger-than-expected primary surplus for 2013. Prime... politically damaging for the government than the consequences Schaeuble is said to fear of not agreeing a new

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  2. Should Greece really ask for a debt haircut?

    Agora

    conclusion than that Greece’s public debt is unsustainable. The situation is even worse if we recall... is how we will we stand before our partners, some of whom are poorer than us, and demand that they write..., rather than plead for a haircut the best we can do is to ask for more European Union funding so we can

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  3. Greek justice slower despite reform efforts during crisis
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    Society

    . It indicated that the performance of the country’s judicial system had actually deteriorated rather than.... There were 2,547 judges in 2012, which was 22 percent less than in 2010. Courts also employ another 5,327... is considerably lower than the EU average of 45,578 euros.

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  4. Buoyed by troika deal, Greece aims for rapid return to bond markets
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    Economy

    of this year’s funding gap but at a much higher cost than Greece currently borrows from the euro zone. This underlines that the government’s primary target is more of a political nature rather than... of a higher than forecast primary surplus for 2013, the potential positive comments at the upcoming

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  5. Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    change in legislation comes as a result of Athens reportedly agreeing to adopt more than 75 percent... of the 300 seats in Greek Parliament so this is threatening to grow into a general storm rather than... of six Golden Dawn MPs means that a maximum of 148, rather than 151 votes, would be needed to pass

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  6. Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the short time the government granted MPs to debate legislation that stretched to more than 250 pages... increases to take place at prices lower than those paid by the country’s recapitalisation fund... and served as a reminder that with less than two months to go to the elections, SYRIZA has yet

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  7. Cost of petty corruption in Greece has halved during crisis
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    Society

    reported in 2013 than in 2012 and that the average amount paid in bribes fell to 1,333 euros, which is 7.6 percent lower than a year earlier. Almost one in three Greeks asked to give bribes refused to do so... corruption is related to more than just a fall in disposable income. It suggests that events over

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  8. Who benefits from Greece’s return to the markets?
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    Agora

    that Pakistan returned to debt markets after an absence of more than seven years, the first Greek bond.... More than 85 percent of those pension funds, private equity firms, asset managers and hedge funds...-term than increasing sovereign debt finance. After the issuance of the five-year bond and the offered

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  9. Greece unveils MTFS seeing 4.2 bln primary surplus in 2014 but just under 2 bln fiscal gap in 2015-16
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion higher than the Economic Adjustment Program (EAP) target of 2.73 billion (1.5 percent of GDP...) more than offsetting the reduction of social security contributions (974 million). Direct taxes... also foresees that more than 2/3 of the GDP that has been wiped out from the domestic economy

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  10. In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
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    Agora

    than half of the Spanish youngsters that are looking for a job are currently unemployed. This brings.... Having applied unsuccessfully for four jobs (two of them were internships) in which more than 300 people... no more than 300 euros per month or even for free, with no hope of being hired in the short

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