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Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
Society. Above Bulgaria and Romania in the overall ranking, Greece failed to place higher than 24th... rather than by domestic demand,” it added. There have been pockets of progress, however. Most... than insufficient, understaffed hospital wards is the poor state of community-based facilities
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Capital controls in Greece? A response to Professor Sinn
Agoraa capital controls regime for Greece, since the cost of a funded capital controls regime is lower than... of Grexit, while they would also be less costly for Greece than Grexit. The EZ has an incentive... writes, the Cyprus bailout cost is not 10 billion but less than 9, as one billion set aside
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Tsipras faces dissent from SYRIZA MPs but serious rift unlikely at this stage
PoliticsGreek Politicsproperly. It is more likely that Tsipras will run the risk of dissent in his party rather than be seen... with a worse deal than the previous coalition. SYRIZA officials have a little time to work on the dissenters within the party, perhaps ensuring that they abstain from the vote on the extension rather than
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Gender stereotyping rife in workplace, say Greeks
SocietyGreeks are most likely to believe that gender stereotyping is widespread in the workplace than... that think gender inequalities are less widespread than they were a decade ago. Greece and Cyprus were... percent). A similar percentage in Greece (83 percent) also mentioned more than any other form
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agorarather than joke. After all, would humorous references about the way that politicians from other... to the “troika” of lenders, rather than the “institutions” mentioned in official documents, knowing this would.... “It is this egotism motivated by nationalism that disconcerts me more than anything else today,” he told
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Primary surplus at 1.24 bln in Feb on lower spending and recovering revenues
Economy, primary expenditure was 591 million better than target, PIB balance was 318 million better than expected, while tax refunds were 145 million higher than target. A broadly similar pattern was also evident... dropped 1.7 percent to 6.31 billion, 591 million better than target. As expected, interest payment
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Growing uncertainty weighs on Greek shares and bonds
Economy. Over the last two months (since January 25 elections) they have lost more than 44 percent... to 21.26 percent, more than 4.5 pp higher from the 16.7 percent recorded on February 23, one day after... and settled at 11.1 percent, more than 1.5 pp higher than the February 23 rate of 9.57 percent. Greece
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Greek current account deficit widens to 847 mln in Jan as exports fall further
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece's current account (C/A) deficit widened to 847 million euros in January 2015, more than 2.5 times higher than the previous year, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). The negative movement... in the travel surplus, which more than doubled YoY to 10.63 million. This mainly reflects an increase
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsand then held a working dinner that lasted for more than four hours, which was seen as unusually long... was a result of a detailed discussion about points of convergence or difference rather than due to a falling...” and to seek a different “policy mix” rather than a complete change of direction. Although he criticised
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Greek women having children later, young people taking longer to fly the family coop
Societywith their Portuguese, Italian and Spanish counterparts, Greek mothers aged less than 30 recorded... they were generally 3.3 years older than their brides, with neighbouring Bulgaria recording... than that of Croatia (15.4 percent) and Cyprus (18.6 percent). Greece along with Romania were the only
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