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Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the opinion polls. However, that support dipped rather than plummeted and with the party now able to argue that it is the victim rather than the perpetrator, the possibility of a bounce in opinion polls
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In clearest statement yet, Tsipras says he'd keep euro
PoliticsGreek Politicsto leave the single currency than to remain in the euro. He said that in the event of a eurozone exit... in terms of expenditure) than the current one. Nevertheless, his proposals received little attention
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Final act in ERT closure carries significant risk for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be to push for NERIT, rather than a pared down interim TV service, known simply as Public... to be more transparent and better managed than ERT, then there is a possibility that the impact of events
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Are Independent Greeks and SYRIZA set to become odd bedfellows?
PoliticsGreek Politicselections. Tsipras’s party is polling less than 30 percent at the moment and is likely to require over 40... other option than to explore whether it could work with Independent Greeks, which is still the country
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Unemployment rate remained unchanged at 27.3 pct in August
EconomyMacroeconomylower than the historic high of 27.5 percent in May this year. Despite an increase in the number..., the unemployment rate has more than doubled from August 2010 figure of 12.8 percent. At the same time
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The euro debate Greece is not having
Agorasuch a sacrifice. There is no gain without pain, goes the argument. However, more than three years... Greece and Germany is about 43 percent and Greece needs the euro to be 25 percent cheaper than its
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Greece leads way in cutting spending on healthcare, finds OECD
SocietyGreece made the biggest reduction in its healthcare budget of any OECD country between 2009 and 2011, cutting spending by more than 11 percent, according to a report published on Thursday. The OECD’s... of improving health than spending money once a disease takes root. However, prevention expenditures
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With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
EconomyMacroeconomyprojections are higher than those incorporated in the 2014 draft budget, which saw a primary... for 2013 will be more than offset on an accrual basis with additional revenues of 1.16 billion
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Percentage of people in Greece at risk of poverty rises, tops EU list
Society. However, the threat of hardship also affects those with work. More than 27 percent of Greeks... billion next year – a cut of more than 18 percent. When the element of social exclusion is added
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Time running out for coalition to find formula on home foreclosures
PoliticsGreek Politicswith a taxable value of less than 200,000 euros. The temporary measure was introduced to protect households from... ahead of the crisis meant that homes with a taxable value of less than 200,000 euros included
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