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  1. Does return to markets signal end of Greek crisis? The perils of ignoring macro-economic fundamentals
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    Agora

    Politics today is the art of shaping a narrative, with the overriding preference being for one... a successful return to markets has one major fault line. Not only is this return in my view... have an average maturity of 30 years. The average yield is currently set at 1.5 percent. The loan

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  2. Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?

    Economy

    argue. We have set out four key questions about the bond, issued under English law, that should help... is just one paving stone in this process. It signifies an end to one part of the crisis, which saw

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  3. New Democracy and SYRIZA draw battle lines for European elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    elections on May 25, have announced their candidates and set out their campaign strategies... been part of the political establishment, which seems to be one of its main attractions for voters... by the crisis. The one-off handouts range between 500 and 1,083 euros. The conservatives are certain

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  4. In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
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    in Spain but not now. Laura, 25 and unemployed for one year, voices her pessimism about her future... Greece and double the average in the European Union. The European Commission has set up a 6-billion-euro... was “as depressing as the one [she] left behind a year earlier.” “Many of my former classmates at University, who

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  5. Politics trumping economic prudence in Greece

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    quickly set in motion to analyse what it would take to reach positive growth territory in the remaining.... For one, we can now see how Piraeus Bank is using parts of the recently raised capital of 500... assets and whether it will identify additional capital needs as a cushion against such risks. One

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  6. PASOK's future hangs in balance as Greece prepares for EU vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , there is little doubt that in most voters’ eyes that Elia and PASOK are one and the same... that Venizelos will be challenged by one of these lawmakers or other figures within the party. Venizelos... the most likely candidate, along with Christos Aidonis, the Socialist lawmaker who helped him set up his

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  7. Greece shelves water privatisation plans, leaving gap in revenue targets

    Economy

    of the state-run firm in Thessaloniki in the wake of a court ruling blocking the sale of the one... 50 percent (plus one share) out of the total 74 percent held in EYATH to the Greek State... targets, particularly for 2015. The latest official targets of privatisation revenues had been set

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  8. The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics

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    of the Games does not lie here, though. After all, key venues are in use. Also, one could point... organised by one of the smallest ever countries to host them. It was an equation doomed to fail. The Athens Olympics arrived after euro entry, when austerity was set aside and purse strings were

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  9. A breakdown of Tsipras's pledges on economic strategy in Thessaloniki
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    Economy

    euros, which are estimated at 1.26 million, will receive a Christmas bonus equal to one monthly pension... instalment for both tax and SSC obligations set at 30 percent of income. On the key issue of bad loans... taxes and SSC will not exceed one third of the citizen’s income. In addition, a state-controlled

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  10. SMEs, backbone of Greek economy, have shed 27 pct of jobs since 2008

    Economy

    corresponds to 630,000 fewer jobs. Over the same period, almost one in four (205,000) of the SMEs that existed in 2008 closed down, resulting in a reduction of the respective business volumes by one... to the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), which comprises a set of policy measures organised around 10

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