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  1. Tsipras caught between social tension and lenders' pressure as talks begin

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that there may be a stand-off in the upcoming negotiations over this issue. Government sources have... to put forward his own pension reform proposals but it may be in his short-term interests to let

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  2. Coalition feels wrath on pensions but not in opposition's interest to push hard
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that these differences cannot be bridged (a compromise may be found in lower social security contribution rises... minister and MPs who may have grown concerned about the rising tension in Greek society. It remains

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  3. Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016

    Newsletters

    will be less wavering in his search for a deal with creditors than last year and may be willing to compromise... as some are concerned that Gennimata will veer towards the “old” PASOK and may consider an alliance

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  4. Greek pensions: The unsolvable equation
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    Agora

    is still roughly 800,000 short of what it was back in May 2010. This has made a huge dent in social... contribution at 9.5 billion euros, or 5.4 percent of GDP. Spending slashed Sizeable as it may... took a major hit not only as a result of people dropping out the labour force en masse but also due

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  5. Sensing opportunity, Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    senses that there may be fertile ground for its anti-establishment, anti-EU message. Concerns about..., may also fuel the extremist party, especially now that the problem is not just limited

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  6. Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    . Austria’s proactive stance appears to have taken Athens by surprise and there is concern about what may..., Serbia, Slovenia. The decision not to invite Greece may have been prompted by Tsipras’s decision

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  7. Retail sales slip 0.1 pct in Dec, drop of 2.8 pct in 2015

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    (of +2.4 percent in May) in the course of 2015. Retail volume rebounded 0.4 percent in December... in 2015. The December rate represnts the first positive reading since May and overall the fourth

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  8. Refugee crisis edges further onto domestic political agenda

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Greece. There has been speculation that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may even exercise veto powers... and a common strategy ahead of Monday’s meeting in Brussels. However, this balance may be out of everyone

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  9. Mitsotakis aims to prove credentials by tackling party's finances
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    finance to proper health. It may seem like a strange moment for the main opposition leader to address... challenge he may have to overcome is the displeasure that could be created within the party as he pares back

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  10. Newsletter 67 - 18/03/2016

    Newsletters

    crisis effectively. Kammenos’s criticism, though, may have been motivated by his personal dispute... of police officers, soldiers and other state officials may help in the sense that professionals

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