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Newsletter 121 - 02/06/2017
no indication from Athens that it is considering a head-on clash with the lenders. All the comments from... is that the [tranche] disbursement was not an issue, because all sides agreed that we have kept to our commitments... (when Greece has 6.4 billion euros of debt repayments to make) without any deal at all, especially
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Eurogroup doesn't end in tie for Tsipras
Agoramarket access.” Weighed up When this is all weighed up, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras can claim... statement to supporting the Greek attempt to regain market access underscores the wishes of all sides.... By June 15, Schaeuble had achieved all his goals and Tsipras was left clutching at straws. The Greek
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Material deprivation rises, while poverty risk drops slightly
Societyan unexpected expense of around 384 euros. Regarding social participation, 45.3 percent of all.... The at risk-of-poverty rate, before all social transfers (not including social benefits and pensions... excluding all transfers is 88.2 percent, falling to 14.7 percent when pensions alone are accounted
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Blame game follows collapse of Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policya federal state solution. It is also clear to all sides that any new talks regarding a solution.... In Athens, all the political parties adopted a common line on the Cyprus issue during the talks in Crans... in the Greek Parliament, on Tuesday. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to ask from all
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UN steers clear of Cyprus blame game as focus moves to hydrocarbons
PoliticsForeign PolicyUnited Nations Special Advisor to Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has urged all sides to abandon the blame... said that all these issues were discussed with members of the UN Security Council and every single... Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has visited northern Cyprus with the aim of agreeing with all the political
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Mandatory e-payments come into force as Greece seeks to boost card use further
EconomyFeaturesfurther to 11.2 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016. When all other factors were accounted... 2016, citing 2015 data, showed that card payments accounted for an average of 47 percent of all... by Kathimerini newspaper showed that not all those who had the machines used them. Specifically, bank data
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Could reforms have prevented Greece's economic collapse?
Agorabillion euros from transport receipts. Together, all these factors combined to shrink the Greek... purposed to service debt obligations, a collapse in liquidity for firms of all sizes that impeded... a re-think as early as the beginning of 2011. Simply claiming that all this calamity could have easily
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About to soar? Greece's economy still needs to be handled with care
Agoramonths. In August, all three ratings agencies completed their credit reviews and have now placed... access and sufficient cash buffers to cushion the post-programme period. These are all welcome signs.... Like all fragile things, the Greek economic recovery needs to be handled with care. *You can follow
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The flag of permanent defeat
AgoraTsipras all this time, almost 1,000 days, to decide that the best thing he can do is to look forward... the chance to absolve themselves of any responsibility and to push all the blame onto SYRIZA, which has been... wants to ensure that the economic growth which is emerging is fair for all and does not lead to a re-run
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Greece bottom of the list on EU social justice index
Societyyears.” Out of all six SJI dimensions measured, Greece's scores placed them in the bottom five countries, scoring worst out of all EU countries for the categories of labor market access... market in Greece scored lowest out of all countries (3.46). As of 2016, the year on which survey data
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