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Tsipras heads for Russia with specific aims, including halting speculation
PoliticsForeign Policyembargo on Greek agricultural products as Greece is one of the countries suffering economically..., then Athens’s choice to make Russia a strategic partner seems absolutely logical. There is, however, one
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This is where Greek gov't could find cash to cover May's obligations
EconomyProgramme. One day before the second IMF payment, the Eurogroup is scheduled to convene. This would... other gg bodies has also been utilised by this government and the previous one for repos
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New unpaid taxes rising steadily, reach 3.5 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyagainst the legacy tax arrears in Q1 corresponds to more than one-third of the annual target of 1.7... million. The regular process for tax settlement, which runs until May, started one week ago. According
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Greek pensions: The thorniest issue in talks between Athens and lenders
EconomyProgrammeAs Greece and its lenders make a new push to conclude negotiations that could secure more bailout funding, it is certain that the country’s pension system will prove one of biggest obstacles... pensions. This means the average main pension is 713 euros, while the supplementary one reaches 169
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Greek children lead way in languages at primary school level
Societyas being good or very good. Moreover, Greece recorded one of the lowest differences – less than two... with Romania and Bulgaria, it has a rate of less than 3%. Finland, where roughly one out of four young people
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Tsipras upbeat about funding deal but also mulls referendum in case of impasse
PoliticsGreek Politics, indicating that a number of deals in the pipeline, such as the one involving the Piraeus Port... was one of the key promises made by SYRIZA. Tsipras said that if events progress positively over
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Deposit outflow slows to 2.19 bln in Mar as balances slip to lowest in 10 yrs
EconomyMacroeconomybanks noted that more than two-thirds of those outflows stemmed from households and one-fourth from... instruments (mainly money market funds), while the remaining one-quarter was sent abroad. Before
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New fiscal measures aim to edge Greece closer to deal with lenders
EconomyMacroeconomy. The latter was one of the troika’s demands in negotiations with the previous government and will lead...), with revenues of 2.65 billion in 2014, will probably be retained even though its abolition was one
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Greece prepared to move on pension, labour reforms but details to be decisive
PoliticsGreek Politics.” Thursday’s communiqué also indicates that Tsipras’s government is considering crossing one of its... to the Greek side. One of SYRIZA’s election pledges was to restore this form of wage bargaining, which
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Where has the money withdrawn from Greek banks gone?
Agorathe government and lenders. Banking sources note that one-third of total outflows relate to transfers to international money market funds and the remaining one-quarter to money transfers abroad. Before
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