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  1. Greek teenagers' behaviour charted
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    Society

    in Greece were twice as likely (35 percent) to say they have had sex than girls (17.3 percent). Over time... that concerned them than with other people. Mobile phones and the internet are a common communication tool..., singing and writing, were more common among girls than boys. Conversely, boys generally engaged

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  2. Unpaid taxes reach 86.3 bln, 60 pct racked up since crisis began in 2010

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent of total) owe less than 3,000 euros each for a total amount of 1.81 billion, corresponding... of total) stems from a total of 4.3 million debtors owing less than 1.5 million euros each. On the flipside, just 5,221 debtors owing more than 1.5 million euros each, owe tax debt of 66.56 billion

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  3. EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
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    Agora

    it a shambles. Greece was promised that more than 60,000 people would be transferred over two years but less than 900 have been relocated since last year. However, even if the relocation scheme worked more... the authorisation from Turkey to send them back. Can Greece’s asylum service, which numbers less than

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  4. Leaked IMF exchange sours mood before bailout review resumes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Thomsen floated the idea of pushing for a 1.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target in 2018, rather than... more of it than that. Tsipras reacted swiftly to the leak, calling an emergency meeting with key..., did not suggest that he wants to use the leaked conversation for anything more than

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  5. Tsipras plays to domestic gallery over IMF dispute
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is undesirable. However, the rhetoric against the IMF did not get more aggressive than this, suggesting that the purpose of Monday evening’s exercise was to rally SYRIZA lawmakers rather than launch a concerted... painful and unfair than those that would have been adopted by a New Democracy government. At no point

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  6. What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
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    Agora

    or even preliminary fiscal results than the European lenders. This means that the fund, for instance... in the third bailout. Also, the IMF is more inclined than the European lenders to question the quality... uncomfortable) measures to reach this target but the adjustment needed would be smaller than the one that has

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  7. Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as SYRIZA’s own programme rather than something that is being imposed by Greece’s creditors. One more... than the two previous loan agreements but argue that the policies are still far detached from... the internal or external troika rather than humiliatingly at the hands of [Greek] society itself

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  8. Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
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    Society

    more cases than were submitted. When the cases are broken down into different categories, litigious.... General government total expenditure on law courts was lower in Greece than among most western... for this. The foreign business perception of the Greece’s judicial independence was also lower than

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  9. Current account deficit narrows by 45 pct to 804.3 mln in Feb

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    ) more than offsetting a worsening in the services surplus by 226 million. The breakdown showed... that of exports. The decline in the services’ surplus by more than 59 percent mostly reflects a nosedive... than offsetting a reduction in the services’ surplus by 443 million. Imports of goods dropped 10.9

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  10. EC expects milder recession of 0.3 pct in 2016, sees debt to GDP at 178.8 pct in 2017
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    Economy

    . EC noted that the slower than initially anticipated recession this year is largely due to the more... of the first programme review. Potential upside risks include a faster than expected improvement... programme, slowdown in the global trade as well as a higher than expected negative impact of the refugee

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