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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
AgoraFylis announcing his intention to alter the classes so they are more like religious studies than..., for instance, has a much more favourable view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, than is normal... relationship with Russia than to be tough with it in foreign policy disputes. A median of 48 percent
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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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Greek government faces hard labour dilemma
PoliticsGreek Politics, accused the Tsipras government of “crushing society” with more austerity. Late on Monday, more than... in unemployment, still above 23 percent, and a steady drop in job quality. More than a half million... than half of its own voters.
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ELSTAT revises 2015 primary surplus downward to 0.15 pct of GDP, slightly ups debt
EconomyMacroeconomymillion lower than the April figure of 1.1 billion (0.63 percent of GDP). According to ELSTAT... lower than the April estimate. Even after the downward revision by almost 0.5 percentage points... stands at 311.67 billion, 221 million higher than the April estimate, and corresponds to 177.4
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World Bank sets out savings Greece can make from streamlining welfare benefits
EconomyProgramme-out. The report highlights that although Greece spends more on social protection than the EU average... of the population receiving either zero or very insufficient transfers. The World Bank examined more than...) in 2015. The breakdown shows almost half (more than 800 million) relate to family and child benefits
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Revenues beat target for second straight month in Oct with 739 mln over-performance
EconomyMacroeconomyfigure at 268 million, 96 million lower than the target, while the 10-month figure fell short... better than the target. The revenue over-performance in October supports the government’s key counter... chiefs, Finance Ministry sources noted that the higher than targeted revenues not only guarantee
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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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Fiscal Council optimistic on 2016 target, sees next year’s goals as feasible
EconomyMacroeconomylower than last year. This corresponds to a drop in revenues of more than 7.8 percent in Q4 compared... Council notes that consensus estimates point to GDP rebound of more than 2 percent compared to the Finance
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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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Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016
for Greece and a relaxation of austerity would have any greater impact than boosting morale in the Greek... on Thursday. Athens, though, did not give up its hope that it may be able to push for something more than... outperformance by more than 800 million for the second straight month. The primary surplus for the 10-month
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