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  1. Athens resumes contact with Ankara as interest in FYROM referendum grows
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The inauguration of the renovated Greek Consulate building in Izmir was considered a good chance for the resumption of talks between Athens and Ankara following the recent improvement in bilateral relations due to the release of the two Greek servicemen by Turkish authorities in mid-August after

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  2. Summer optimism undermined by uptick in Covid-19 indicators and subdued expectations for tourism
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . On Wednesday, Mitsotakis cut the ribbon on the newly renovated Macedonia airport in Thessaloniki, one

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  3. ND blocks parliamentary scrutiny of court’s surveillance decision, ratcheting up political tension
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    renovated a pre-existing water trough. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis argued that the allegedly

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  4. PM gives ESY clean bill of health, prompting opposition backlash
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that hospitals and health centres nationwide have been renovated, that staff numbers are rising alongside

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  5. Greece's labour market is austerity's biggest casualty

    Agora

    and the recession does not exceed the finance ministry’s estimates) and the revenue side of the budget... investment budget, falling property prices, tight credit conditions and a heavily taxed property ownership

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  6. From soup kitchens to school meals, demand for welfare in Athens is surging
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    Society

    a range of welfare services for around 20,000 people a day. All this on a budget that has been cut... social problems have to be addressed on an ever tighter budget are a microcosm of what is happening

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  7. Nobody has less confidence in their government than the Greeks, OECD finds
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    Society

    , Greece spent 11.6 percent of its budget on healthcare, compared to an OECD average of 14.5 The gap was even wider when it came to the education budget, which was 7.9 percent of general government

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  8. Coalition wins crucial votes but at a price as SYRIZA leads polls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that the 2014 budget did not have the troika’s approval and that a supplementary budget, with more

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  9. It's not the distance; it's the load you carry
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    Agora

    percent of GDP in 2009 required almost three times the fiscal effort to balance the budget. However... budget and a further 529 million and 155 million were identified for 2015 and 2016 respectively (table

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  10. Greece and troika: Bailout tranche, funding gap and debt relief still pending

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the fact that Greece has entered primary budget surplus territory and does not have any debt... the 24th, when Eurostat is expected to confirm that Greece produced a primary budget surplus in 2013

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