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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
for the TVXS news website published on Friday suggested that SYRIZA’s lead has narrowed to 5.5 percentage... sources, local media has indicated that depositors were rather calm until mid-December. However, recent... to one monthly salary) in the private sector, the deposit flow has been positive every December since
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday, all the attention has fallen on whether Greece will be able to reach an agreement with its... Minister Yanis Varoufakis has proposed, the government has been setting out is goals in other areas... the units into “open reception centres.” The police has applauded this move. Citizen’s Protection
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAvgi. This comment was a marked departure for Tsipras, whose rhetoric until now has focussed very much on the role that Germany has played during the eurozone crisis. Different approach Tsipras also... much of what has happened over the past five years, he also said the government had to safeguard some
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As hopes of April 24 deal fade, differences between Greece and lenders remain
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe prospect of an agreement between Greece and its lenders at the April 24 Eurogroup in Riga has... is possible next week, progress in the technical work between the two sides over the last few days has... government. Athens has shown it is willing to be flexible on some issues, such as VAT (Alternate
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Lack of liquidity, political cost push Greek gov't to seek swift deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicshikes, which Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has labelled “recessionary measures,” has more to do..., such as the fiscal targets Greece has to meet (1.2 to 1.5 percent of GDP primary surplus this year and next...) and the general secretariat for public revenues in order to safeguard their independence, which has been
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Tsipras looks for traction with elections finely balanced in final stretch
PoliticsGreek Politics” and moving on. Opinion polls, though, continue to show that SYRIZA has not found any traction... has managed to strike a workable balance within New Democracy. On the one hand, he has avoided... within the party, while on the other he has moved ND closer to the centre politically. The key
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Mood sours as focus switches to next set of prior actions
PoliticsGreek Politicshas to pass before Christmas. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is due to brief his counterparts... about the country. The statement goes on to point out that the government has so far been living up to its bailout commitments and that the recapitalisation process has been concluded successfully
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A Eurogroup deal that might be hard to stomach
Agoraof the Eurogroup means that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has managed to conclude the review... for around 4.5 billion of liquidity that has been withdrawn. Also significantly for Greece, the debt... that Tsipras has to implement a highly recessionary programme full of direct and indirect taxation
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Study finds contrasting trends in Greek health during crisis
SocietyThe impact of the economic crisis in Greece on health has been more nuanced than previous reports suggested, research conducted by a team of British and Greek scientists has found. The research... mortality have worsened during the crisis. There has also been a significant increase in mental illness
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Rhetoric ramped up ahead of Eurogroup but deal still in sight
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he has maintained since the last Eurogroup on May 22, which implies he wants to keep alive... it has set. Those were summed up in the government’s round-up of the cabinet meeting: Athens is looking... in the Eurogroup statement on Thursday. This does not suggest that Athens has the intention of straying from
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