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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
’ ability to engage in travel and recreation. In 2009, almost 4 million Greeks took a trip of four days... be ignored The life-altering and abrupt changes to living standards and quality of life in Greece.... Living standards were compromised to varying degrees and, as usual, the weakest in society were
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign Policyof Chinese companies operating in Greece, including COSCO, Huawei, ZTE, and Air China point
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Tsipras faces challenge in turning promise of China trip into reality
PoliticsForeign Policywith top executives from the Wanda Group, Huawei, COSCO, ZTE and Fosun – large companies that have
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Greece's harsh social reality
Agoracategory and on durables. Tighter budgets influence residents’ ability to engage in travel... of Greek society felt like the ground under their feet had given way. Living standards were compromised..., the deterioration of living standards is startling as 42.2 percent of Greeks have dropped below the poverty
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Complex privatisation fund faces tall order to reduce Greek debt
EconomyOn top of the fiscal measures yielding 3 percent of GDP by 2018, one of the key prior actions for the conclusion of Greece’s first programme involves the establishment of a new privatisation fund. This was envisaged in the Eurozone Summit statement of l...
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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe use of face masks for debates in Parliament became compulsory on Wednesday as Greek authorities try to re-instill a sense of caution in the public after seeing the number of coronavirus cases rise significantly this week. The decision to make MPs an...
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek Politicstriggered an embargo on Union imports by Moscow. There is a connection between the two in the sense... about SYRIZA’s criticism of the EU’s approach to Russia. The embargo could cost Greece as much
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They have a name for it
Agorain a nationalist fervour, with huge demonstrations and a 19-month trade embargo against the newly founded State. It only lifted the embargo when its neighbouring state changed its first flag. Greece and FYR
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Athens goes along with EU over Libya, waits for Turkey's move at UN
PoliticsForeign Policythe deployment of warships to enforce the United Nations arms embargo on Libya. According to the EU foreign... that this operation will have as a goal the implementation of the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations
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Govt counts cost of own energy package as hopes of coordinated EU response fade
PoliticsGreek Politicsan immediate embargo on Russian oil, asking for such a measure to be delayed until autumn or winter..., are in favour of a staged oil embargo. Political pressure The government is sticking to the narrative
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