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OECD report outlines steps to reduce burgeoning poverty rate in Greece
EconomyMacroeconomyfor pensioners has fallen. Child poverty has also more than doubled since 2009, posing significant risks... for calibration of social spending and an improved focus of protection. Greece has a rather sizable social... that the economy in the denominator has lost 25 percent. The European Commission anticipates that pension
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Newsletter 160 -04/05/2018
mulls his options The discussion about when the next Greek general elections should take place has been... of the next regional and municipal vote has not yet been set and the two choices open to the government... that has been achieved on a number of fronts as Greece is approaching the end of its third economic
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Pension cuts due in 2019 fuel political battle, election talk
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCommission reiterated this point in its spring forecasts. The International Monetary Fund, however, has..., there has been speculation about whether the government might find a way to avoid implementing... by the fact that New Democracy has started to focus on next year’s reductions as part of an overall strategy
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Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
SocietyA study by the Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE) of the GSEE has shown... to other countries, and the existence of the shadow education system has come under criticism for creating... are not recognised by the state. The shadow education system, which has been around in Greece since the 1960s
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Newsletter 162 -18/05/2018
. A senior Greek official told the local media on Thursday that it has been agreed that the fiscal measures... percent. It appears that the IMF has now backed down from its previous position and, according... to distribute Hope that a staff-level agreement could be in place by May 24 has come as welcome news
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As part of search for culprits in Boutaris attack, parties should look at themselves
AgoraMuch moral anguish has been expressed in Greece by politicians and commentators regarding..., who has by no means been flawless as a mayor, was a target because he did not suffer fools gladly... the last few years New Democracy has also contributed to this toxicity. On issues such as migration
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Mitsotakis applies pressure over MoU exit and name talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsmaking a “clean exit” from the programme, insisting that Tsipras has signed up to a fourth MoU even...-trodden approach by the opposition chief, who has consistently sent the message that, on the one hand, he... of tax cuts. The party has invested heavily in the reduction to the ENFIA levy in particular
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Bond difficulties put a dent in coalition's exit plans
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the third bailout in August has put another dent in the government’s hopes of making as clean a break... to the markets for good. However, the uncertainty in Italy has triggered a rise in Greek bond... it has been building can provide in the absence of an agreement with the lenders over a precautionary
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Tsipras hails name deal with Skopje, Mitsotakis declares fierce opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Macedonia (FYROM) have reached an agreement to settle the name dispute that has dogged relations... will be used erga omnes, in other words both domestically and internationally. This has long been... Theodorakis has indicated that his centrist party will support the deal. PASOK’s position is not yet
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Mitsotakis calls for no-confidence vote, hoping to exert more pressure on coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), even though she accepts that it has some positive... want to highlight the lack of support Tsipras has managed to garner, including the opposition of his... Kammenos has made it clear that he has no intention of bringing down the government. Mitsotakis
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