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  1. Government feels pinch from public's fears about high cost of living
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    sensitive the government is to the cost-of-living issue, which it sees as the number one political threat... by this week’s Pulse opinion poll for Skai TV, which indicated that 63 pct of Greeks are “very” worried about..., the government has made several very public efforts to tame rising prices, including the so-called “household

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  2. Fet-a-ccompli: Tariffs and Greece’s big cheese

    Agora

    As the world mulls the impact and consequences of the tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on so-called "liberation day", Greece has a very specific concern. The focus of the tariff-related debate in Greece was very much on the fate of feta, Greece's most popular cheese and one of its

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  3. Survey charting young voters presents diverse fractures and politics
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    Society

    a striking disconnect between perception and material circumstance. Nearly one in ten 17-to-24‑year... the highest rates of being very dissatisfied with their personal economic situation. These patterns... in a middle ground of “not very interested” rather than outright apathy, and only a small minority post

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  4. Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust
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    Society

    strong desires to emigrate; about 29.3% declare a “strong” or “very strong” desire to live abroad... more immigrants — and one in three agree that non‑Greeks living in Greece should adopt Greek customs... institutions is very low: only 8.1% of young respondents say they trust political parties “quite a lot

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  5. Scope leaves 'BBB' rating unchanged, outlook remains positive

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    outlook, as part of its regular monitoring review process. Scope had upped Greece one step further... according to Scope include still-very-high public debt, vulnerable to slower growth and rising ageing.... Scope adds that the very favourable debt profile, with long maturities, fixed rates, and official

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  6. Tsipras re‑enters political arena as battle for centre‑left heats up

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , by the symbolism was very pointed. The name ELAS is phonetically the same as the name for Greece in Greek, but is also the same acronym as the one used for the Greek People's Liberation Army, the left... ELAS “the private party of Tsipras” and arguing that what is being advertised as new is “in fact very

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  7. Greece: How events could unfold over the next few weeks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    few weeks, based on two broad potential outcomes: One foresees an agreement on May 11 or at a subsequent emergency Eurogroup meeting (the next one scheduled is June 18) and the other that the various... in pending bailout funding, this could trigger one of several developments. All of these events

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  8. What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
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    Agora

    wildly. Throughout this erratic and confusing period, though, the one relatively constant theme has been... of ways to dangle Greece off the edge of a cliff. Either way, Tsipras may have elicited a much more... to clash head on with one of Greece’s lenders at such a sensitive stage of the review. And, why would

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  9. Tormenting Greece with a distorted picture
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    Agora

    Greece is experiencing one of its regular bouts of schizophrenia, when its mood swings wildly, what it wants changes abruptly and what is considered good one day can become bad overnight. The stress of reaching an agreement with the country’s lenders, thereby ensuring more funding, staving off

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  10. Energy, defence high on agenda as Tsipras prepares for US visit
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    of defense and economy. The Greek side is seeking to bring back at least one significant US... to maintain strong relations with a stable ally in the Southeastern Mediterranean region. This is one... issue is mainly a European one. Athens, though, wants to seek US support in its efforts to show

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