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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsprofessionals protesting in central Athens in suits and other formal dress. Also, the recent use of tear gas
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ELA funding down by 8.6 bln in Dec for sharpest drop since July
EconomyMacroeconomyGreek banks’ Eurosystem funding continued heading south for the sixth straight month dropping by 5.89 billion in December after a 5.98 billion fall in November, Bank of Greece's (BoG) 2015 balance sheet showed on Monday. In absolute terms, Central Bank funding landed at 107.51 billion at the end
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Mounting pension protests exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFarmers are the latest group to voice their opposition to the government’s policies as the reaction to planned pension reforms builds up in Greece. Farmers in central Greece took up their positions on the Athens-Thessaloniki national road on Wednesday. They have threatened to block traffic
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IMF: Greece's GDP spend on asylum seekers 6th highest in EU
Societyof arrivals, who seek to continue their journey to central and northern European countries. Almost
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Greece left isolated on migrant crisis, with bailout talks finely poised
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNevertheless, there is a clear groundswell of opinion in central and eastern Europe regarding Greece being
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Pressure on Greece to stem migrant flow puts strain on EU ties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government is under pressure to complete the construction of so-called hot spots on its islands to prove to the rest of the European Union that it is doing enough to stem the flow of refugees and migrants to northern and central Europe. EU interior ministers urged Greece to have the hot
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot... on nervous politicians in central and northern Europe. One only has to apply the emerging way of thinking
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Gas provides Greece, Cyprus and Israel chance to bolster ties
PoliticsForeign Policycentral European countries. Turkey, claims the Greek government, cannot be considered a stable
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General gov't primary cash surplus more than doubles to 4.14 bln in 2015, arrears ease to 5.4 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyThe stock of central government gross debt rose further by 4.46 billion month on month (MoM
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Bailout review differences feed speculation about Tsipras turning to elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCentral Bank’s QE programme, the return of stability to the economy and the banking sector
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