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Greece most socially unjust country in EU, study finds
Societymaterial deprivation for children and youth in Greece, more than double the 2009 figure of 9.7 percent... deprivation has more than doubled from 9.7 percent in 2007 to today’s 23.8 percent.” While Greece ranks... olds has more than doubled since 2008 to 52.4 percent (again, by far one of the highest rates
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Withdrawal of NGOs from refugee centres puts pressure on Greece to fill void
PoliticsForeign Policy. With more than 50,000 refugees and migrants scattered around Greece and the return process yet... little more than mobile phone chargers or food distribution,” said the report. “With no presence.... This would mean the coalition deciding on a much more hands-on approach than the one it has opted
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
are that the Greek government is keen to find a solution and to close the review as soon as possible. Rather than... be less stringent than if the IMF is involved. Also, the tabling of the legislation is not quite... to full-time employment, more than 38 percent to part-time and the remaining 16 percent to shift work
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The diversions of the past
Agoracaused deaths in Greece recently rather than terrorism that identifies itself with Marxist, or other..., such as Revolutionary Struggle, have not killed anyone by luck rather than design in recent attacks... pronounced way than the divisive “theory of the two extremes” followed by his predecessor Antonis
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Coalition seeks to quash concerns about complications with Hellenikon development
PoliticsGreek Politicsargued that the 915-million-euro winning bid was much less than the state should have secured... until 2018, four years earlier than the initial agreement, Lamda will invest 8 billion euros, rather than original 6 billion, 80 percent of those investments will be implemented within 12 years instead
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IMF's role in Greek bailout remains in doubt
EconomyProgrammeaccept a special advisory status with limited powers rather than participating with funding in a new... that the IMF remains on board. The same sources noted that the IMF could have more powers than a simple advisor... than 104 percent of the target set for the July–September period. The same sources also confirmed
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Tsipras freshens up cabinet, looking for balance with party and lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government, with another 11 leaving office. The cabinet is also slightly larger than the last one, which had..., Nikos Fylis, who refused any other position than Education Minister, which he had held since September... ministries involved seem an attempt to get the talks over the line rather than to hamper them. None
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What could Trump's victory mean for Greece?
AgoraKoumoutsakos said the wise thing would be to wait to see Trump’s policies rather than react to his..., with a sense of abandon rather than fear, “if it can happen in America, then why not here... the threat posed by those who challenged the status quo rather than making the effort to tackle
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Eurogroup leaves Greece snared between its creditors
Agorarather than implementing them now. The thinking went that this would allow its participation... did not want the current discussion to include anything more than short-term measures. Instead... than if the decisions on debt and fiscal targets had been more favourable for Greece. *You can follow
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Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
Agorawould approve a new deal. Rather than suggesting that Greece’s problems would be over if the IMF... had in mind something completely different than the Greek government. When all the pieces are put... the IMF is demanding (legislation of more than 2 percent of GDP in contingency measures that include
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