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  1. Taking a macro snapshot

    Agora

    in nearby Cyprus have impacted on business and consumer confidence, and more precisely how this has in turn affected demand across the manufacturing economy." Consumer confidence has improved from..., confidence has returned roughly to the same level as the elections period last year. Economic

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  2. Is New Democracy really trying to ease political tension?

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington on Tuesday, repeating the message he has taken... have been accused of the type of illegal activity Golden Dawn has so the leftists believe.... One of these is Failos Kranidiotis, a lawyer who has been close to the prime minister for several

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  3. Samaras ratchets up tension in clash with SYRIZA over violence
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Tension has seeped through Greek politics in the wake of the Golden Dawn arrests but Prime Minister... with references to the “two extremes”. It has been a concerted New Democracy tactic for some time to portray... Tsipras is not able to control. SYRIZA has found it difficult to shake off the accusations

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  4. Volunteers try to fill void left by retreating Greek state
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    Society

    One of the most worrying aspects of the crisis has been that the financial constraints on the state... services. This has left thousands of Greeks directly exposed to some of the worst effects...) is one of the organizations that has attracted most attention over the last couple of years as it uses

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  5. Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and not discovering what form further debt relief might take until the middle of 2014 has suddenly put the Greek government on tenterhooks. There are indications that genuine concern has gripped Prime... measures than it has planned next year in order to cover a “significant” fiscal gap. Despite Greek

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  6. Are Independent Greeks and SYRIZA set to become odd bedfellows?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ? Speculation about the left- and right-wing parties joining forces has intensified after Independent... is not universally accepted in Kammenos’s anti-bailout party, nor has SYRIZA reacted enthusiastically. However, some kind of cooperation between the two parties has been in the offing for a while. Tsipras

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  7. Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Agora

    says. That has not happened. Nearly two months after the launch of a judicial investigation... weakened the party's appeal among non-core supporters, Golden Dawn's purported victimization has clearly... that it is the victim of a conspiracy, as it has long insisted,” Georgiadou says. The martyr effect has been at play

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  8. A fierce political clash over medicine prices in Greece

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of medicines being lowered but the legislation has proved far more controversial than its content would... Democratic Left and independent MPs. SYRIZA, which has been vehemently opposed to the measure... in 2010 and has come about through patients being forced to pay more, lower margins for wholesalers

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  9. DIMAR faces struggle to survive in 2014, a year of elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The New Year has at least two elections in store (local and European) for Greece, while... government in June 2013 over the closure of public broadcaster ERT. Since then, DIMAR has been...://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.politics.683). Kouvelis has so far rejected the second option, preferring

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

    Why has the Cypriot economy faced a smaller than anticipated dip for 2013? What is the relevance... and services. The speed of this process of internal devaluation has helped facilitate a smaller than anticipated drop in consumption and GDP as the impact of reduced nominal salaries on consumption has

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