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  1. When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
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    Agora

    -level bargaining agreements, which have sought to reduce labor costs in the real economy during...’ deposits during the past three years has only started, albeit at an inconsistent pace and still lacking.... Through mergers and acquisitions during the course of the past 18 months it became the second-largest

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  2. Greeks not self-inflicting HIV but new cases have been rising markedly

    Society

    cases in Greece have been rising steadily since 2002 and at a greater rate during the economic crisis... that 792 new cases of HIV had been reported during the first 10 months of the year, against 1,058 cases during the same period in 2012. There has also been a drop in the proportion of drug users among

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  3. The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
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    Agora

    that it is intending to return to international credit markets during the course of this year... is by no means assured during the course of 2014. Portugal is currently the only euro area member... on its own how to plug any medium-term budget gap. But during the past three years the key policy

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  4. The EU, the troika inquiry and the big disconnect

    Agora

    ,” Karas said during a visit to Portugal last week. “It is not enough to say that because national... similarly dramatic drops during this time in the other countries that have been bailed out: From 39... to prove too little to late. During the euro crisis, EU officials have dismissed at their peril

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  5. A macroeconomic assessment of the Cypriot economy after the haircut
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    Agora

    during what they perceive as a short term period of reduced income flows. As the permanent nature... economic prospects. In particular, the effects of a permanent fall in the saving rate during the long... then, lower than otherwise, GDP growth rates during this long transition. The drop in permanent income

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  6. Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    by surprise and led to Parliament’s plenary session being adjourned for an hour, during which... during the debate that his time in his current position is coming to an end. It has been rumoured... for a six-year term. Relations between Stournaras and SYRIZA have soured considerably during his

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  7. 21,717,120,000
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    Agora

    to acknowledge that on a net basis the German treasury has seen benefits during the crisis. Germany’s...: Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus. During the last four years Germany has forked out almost 22... to the appreciation of the Deutsche Mark as happened during the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) crises

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  8. Politics trumping economic prudence in Greece

    Agora

    to be concerned about during the past week. After receiving preliminary news of the Greek economy’s... anchored in negative territory during 2014. If a projected GDP performance of 0.6 per cent in 2014... Paulson & Co. has had to suffer during the past 12 months. But he may start looking at Piraeus Bank

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  9. Young Greeks more likely to swap items and buy second hand
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    Society

    During the economic crisis people have been watching Greece closely for signs of a change...” bought second hand goods during the last 12 months, mostly cars, clothes and electrical items. However, 69 percent of respondents said they had donated or swapped used items during the last 12 months

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  10. New claim of attempt to bribe MP casts shadow over presidential vote

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    claim to have footage of the meeting between Haikalis and the middleman during which the offer was made. Party leader Panos Kammenos also alleged that Haikalis was told during the meeting that he would..., there was no reference to a specific party during the secretly recorded discussion. Kammenos said that the footage has

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