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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
taken a heavy toll on Greek companies, from the micro or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs..., with the whole retail sector suffering heavy losses in excess of 40 percent. According to market... can put the growing tension within SYRIZA aside for a few weeks. The toll of capital controls
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Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
Agoraof implementing the bailout and the erosion of public support that this brings means that the average lifespan... on a daily basis. The introduction of capital controls at the end of June has created numerous practical
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Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politics”. There was condemnation from all sides in Parliament for the heavy-handed use of riot police to quell... disquiet, even in a society accustomed to witnessing heavy policing of urban protests. While... there would be strict controls on movements in and out of the camps and night-time curfews
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Tsipras seeks fair exchange with EU over migrant crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the EU’s duty to provide increased financial and logistical assistance as the vast majority of people... tangible results. Europe expects from Greece, though, that it will tighten up its border controls... government will comply with the requests regarding border controls. The Greek premier will be aware
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek Politicsovernight. At this stage, Tsipras believes that his duty is to be true to his pre-election pledges... to Greek banks this may lead to capital controls being adopted in Greece, with unpredictable
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Tsipras rages against EU over refugee crisis but own goals unclear
PoliticsForeign Policythat Greece is not asking for a “single euro” to do its duty in saving refugees and migrants who are trying... to the issue with that of Hungary and its decision to tighten border controls. Tsipras’s stance is creating
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe conservatives had a duty to ask for elections because the government is doing such a bad job running... to investigate last year’s bailout negotiations, the imposition of capital controls and the bank
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Refugee crisis threatens effort to improve ties with neighbours
PoliticsForeign Policywith the greatest possible restraint, sense of duty and professionalism. Lalakos was also invited to FYROM's Foreign... to improve its enforcement of border controls and proposed further co-operation between the ministries
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ND poll losses reignite discussions of post-election coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof overstating the extent and sophistication of controls in operation at the time of the accident, while the government claims that the collision could have been prevented if the duty station master and other
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The "King of the North" seeking to heal a fractured kingdom
Agora, public control and civic renewal, can bridge that divide. Politics isn’t working for places like... that has lost control of essential services, allowed regional inequalities to widen, and become... dependent in areas where public control is necessary for resilience. He proposes instead a set
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