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Understanding the German approach towards Greece
Agoraare the German attitude towards a Greek exit; the influence of the new, right-wing populist party AfD... a Greek exit. Probably leaked as a trial balloon and to scare Greek voters, it should not be taken... approach, the Greek hand is relatively weak: with funding for both the government and the banks in doubt
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The ECB's strict rules apply if you dare not comply
AgoraGreek banks are allowed to hold, one time on Greece's participation in the quantitative easing programme, two times on the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) that Greek banks resorted to after the ECB stopped accepting Greek government securities as collateral, and one time in respect to the decision
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agoraoff their ties,” said European Commission first vice-president Frans Timmermans at the end of a recent photo shoot for the College of Commissioners in Brussels. After all, the Greek government’s... a tie when he visited Rome, remarking that the Greek leader had promised to wear one when Greece’s
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Greece hopes to catch break from ECB as IMF puts its foot down
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is due to launch a new effort on Tuesday to overcome its liquidity problems.... Their talks are likely to focus on whether the ECB plans to raise the haircut it applies on Greek... severely limit Greek banks’ access to liquidity. Athens had hoped to reach an agreement
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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
Agorathat the church has within Greek schools. Earlier this year he clashed with priests when he insisted... suggesting the minister had overstepped his authority and strayed into territory where only the Greek... an atheist, he was well aware that no Greek government can afford to get on the wrong side
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Athens unmoved as relations with Russia become chillier
PoliticsForeign PolicyBilateral relations between the Greek government and Russia's President Vladimir Putin appear... to reach an agreement with its European lenders over the Greek programme. During this process... to certain stories in the Greek media, the first crack in bilateral relations appeared. Greek
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Athens gets first taste of Erdogan's new era in power
PoliticsForeign Policyin Greek-Turkish relations. Despite the difficulties in dealing with Erdogan, Athens views him... and the way it handles Greek–Turkish relations is sometimes worse than Erdogan”. Nevertheless, relations with Turkey since Erdogan’s re-election have not got off the best of starts. Athens knows that it has
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Newsletter 9 - 30/12/2014
the parties differ With snap elections due on January 25, the two main Greek political parties, New...). At the same time, all senior government officials repeatedly said that Greek debt is sustainable, with PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos recently stating that “if correctly calculated, Greek debt-to GDP
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Greek building activity drops by another 8 pct in July
EconomyMacroeconomyfor the twenty-second consecutive quarter, reflects the ongoing recession, tight credit conditions
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Stronger rise of 4.1 pct for Greek industrial turnover in October
EconomyMacroeconomyon a fragile footing. Business conditions remained tough in December, while “the tentative recovery
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