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  1. What do EBA tests reveal, or fail to highlight, about Greek banks?
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    Economy

    across portfolios. In theory, one of the exercise targets was to make all these figures “fully... capital shortfall below the required levels, although one could conclude that Eurobank is adequately

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  2. New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Three new indicators released on Monday by the Greek statistical authority, ELSTAT, paint an even grimmer picture of Greece's labour market than the one most experts had considered until now... Greece's labour market over the last four years. The lack of employment is undoubtedly one of the biggest

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  3. On Portugal, PSI and a national salvation pact

    Agora

    a one-year/two-year precautionary line? Or a PSI included in a framework of a second bailout like.... The ECB has been incredibly accommodative already with Portugal, whether one looks at Portugal’s Target2

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  4. Off the isles of Greece
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    Agora

    This week marked the anniversary of the birth of Lord Byron, a foreigner who loved Greece but was also embraced by Greeks. One of his most famous poems, The Isles of Greece, invokes the wondrous... to the safety of Farmakonisi, when one person fell overboard and commotion among the remaining migrants

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  5. Preparations for local elections expose SYRIZA weakness

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , controversial posts on his Facebook page came under the spotlight. In one he mocked the arrest..., during one of his shows also emerged. As SYRIZA reaches a crucial stage in its political evolution

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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