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  1. Newsletter 66 - 11/03/2016

    Newsletters

    on border poses biggest problem Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has staked a big part of his future... problem for the government, especially if the deal with Turkey does not materialise or fails to work when... and restaurants (+2.6 percent). Housing and transport saw drops of over 4 percent. 2 One for one, none for all

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  2. A moment to reflect, not celebrate

    Agora

    analysts and commentators saw in Greece a chance to verify their theories, be they about the evils... for hundreds of thousands of people around them. This included those elected to deal with the problem..., tried to tackle the problem on its own and to expose the failure of its predecessor, New Democracy

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  3. Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
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    Society

    was built upon by subsequent governments and extended with a strategy which saw the creation of numerous... of the Diamantopoulou law criticised what it saw as a deep politicisation of decision-making on all... activity was clearly taking place. Once again, the problem appears to be not the law itself but its

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  4. Stock taking: Where is the Greek economy now?

    Agora

    transition problem related to how the government is going to absorb this transition cost toward a new... (which has incurred reforms and saw its wages fall)? We hope that we are simply mistaken about... that the “problem of high debt” was resolved, because with lower interest rates, Greece could afford

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  5. The education of Alexis Tsipras
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    Agora

    fiscal consolidation. The challenge now is to engage in the art of the possible, to choose synthesis... a decision inspired or dictated by smoke-filled room politics. And it is through this perspective

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  6. Whither New Democracy?

    Agora

    was trying to sell Plevris’s book or engage in other LAOS conspiracy-mongering? Georgiadis has so far... that promoting Plevris’s hate-inspired book was the “biggest mistake of his political career”. Let’s

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  7. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

    Newsletters

    , Mitsotakis saw off the competition from his rival Evangelos Meimarakis (52.4 vs 47.6 percent) to win Sunday’s.... Elected just over a year ago, the leftist party saw itself in the vanguard of the backlash against... he spoke “with people looking for solutions and not problems”. Among the thorniest issues

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  8. Greece saw first annual deflation in almost half a century in 2013

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The drop in Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated to 1.7 percent in December after peaking with a 2.9 percent decline in November, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.9 percent for the f...

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  9. April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding increased by 1.27 billion in April, showing a monthly rise for the first time since December 2013, according to the Bank of Greece's (BoG) monthly financial statement. The headline figure stood at 61.96 billion at the end...

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  10. Most Greeks saw income fall over last year, limiting purchasing power
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    Society

    The results of a survey by the Labour Institute (INE) of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), which was published on July 17, highlighted how salary earners’ purchasing power has been limited. The survey, conducted in cooperation with Alco...

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