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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Five things to take away from the first round of Greek local elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and was elected from the first Sunday. The leftist party had a much larger presence in the regions than ever... dominant combination outside of Attica than the opposition party. SYRIZA will need backing of somewhere near 30 percent (and possibly more than the aggregate support the coalition parties receive

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  9. Greek central government debt inches down to 320.42 bln in Q1

    Economy

    domestically (1.85 billion) and Financial Support Mechanism (FSM) loans (1.3 billion) more than offsetting... stands at 15.84 years, which is slightly lower than the 16.02 years at the end of 2013. The respective figure for new borrowing in 2014 stands at 0.36 years and refers to T-Bills. More than three quarters

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  10. Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
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    Agora

    rather than divisive. His centrist party, To Potami (The River), posits a new proposition by relying on candidates whose strengths lie in their professional achievements rather than how many rungs up... will have to be built in the vision of its policy makers rather than according to the troika’s instruction

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