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  1. Shortcomings in healthcare seen at forefront of austerity impact in Greece
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    Society

    Healthcare has become one of the key issues in the Greek crisis: Not only is it a source of political friction but it also provides one of the clearest indications of the impact spending cuts have had. In 2011, Greece spent 11.6 percent of its budget on healthcare, compared to an OECD average

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  2. Greece, the troika and banks' capital needs: A step-by-step guide
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    EconomyProgramme

    calculation or methodology than the one used by the BoG could easily result in a figure close of higher... needs. This takes us to the most important issue, and the one that has confused the investment

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  3. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    costing more in other respects. One of these is the OECD’s proposal that over-the-counter (OTC... for the Greek market that resembles the “one size fits all” approach that has blighted the country’s

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  4. Another party arrives on Greece's increasingly diffuse political scene
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , 4.8 percent said they would back one of the minor groups and the remaining 64.7 percent was split... the one between PASOK and New Democracy in 2012 - to be crossed for a government to be formed.

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  5. Unemployment closes 2013 with new high of 27.5 pct in last quarter

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    than one percentage point to 26 percent in 2014 and further to 24 percent in 2015 and 21 percent... unemployment estimate consisted one of the key assumptions of the baseline scenario for Bank of Greece

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  6. To Potami's rise and Golden Dawn's strife shake things up for May vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    so far came on Saturday when one of its lawmakers, Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos, said he was quitting... of To Potami and Golden Dawn’s strife should happen at the same time is a coincidence but one that means

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  7. Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    said that the two sides had agreed on how the primary surplus would be distributed. One billion... million will be given as a “social dividend.” The latter mainly involves one-off handouts to 1

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  8. Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the government’s already strained cohesion. One coalition MP after another has been saying since last week..., including a new framework for bank recapitalisation, into one of three articles that will make up

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  9. A return to capital markets for Greek banks but no return to domestic lending
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    Agora

    oversubscribed, suggesting that investors' interest was not a one-off event. Moreover, the geographical origin... of Greece one year after both institutions were extensively recapitalised by the Hellenic Financial

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  10. Greek coalition reaches milestones but PASOK looking increasingly weary

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    support the omnibus bill. One, New Democracy’s Nikitas Kaklamanis, was ousted from his party... only one MEP. Such a poor performance may lead to Venizelos’s leadership coming under threat or split

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