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  1. Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Opposition MPs stormed out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee handling the surveillance affair over what they claim is a concerted attempt by the government to cover up a politically motivated spying operation on domestic targets including jour...

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  2. Kasselakis offers more hints of a positive narrative for SYRIZA's post-Tsipras era
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Several months after his surprise election to the leadership of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis has started sketching out the first lines that will distinguish his era from that of party founder Alexis Tsipras. Buoyed by encouraging signs from recent polls ...

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  3. S&P leaves Greece's 'BBB' rating unchanged, hints at slower pace of upgrades
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    Economy

    S&P on Friday reaffirmed Greece’s sovereign credit rating at ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook, citing confidence in the country’s fiscal discipline, solid economic growth, and an improving banking sector. In April, S&P was among the agencies that advanced Gr...

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  4. Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Former PM Alexis Tsipras took a significant step towards forming a new political party with a public speech on Monday, in which he hinted at a June launch. Tsipras addressed an audience at a gathering organised by a northern Athens citizens' initiative ...

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  5. Greece trying to lay 'phantom' pensions to rest
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    Society

    they all had a legal entitlement to their monthly retirement pay. As a result, Greece’s main social... themselves either at an IKA office or at the place they receive their retirement pay from, such as post... pay after the claimant had died. Vroutsis said that the annual value of the unjustified claims

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  6. Wage ruling gives gov't immediate fiscal headache, political one may come later

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    retroactively from August 2012. This would force the coalition to pay back the money those affected... on Wednesday but will not be able to use any of this money to pay back military personnel and policemen. Under the bailout terms, Greece can use only 70 percent of any surplus in excess of its targets

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  7. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    products available only in pharmacies also has an impact on the ease with which a consumer can purchase.... They also have to wait up to six months for social security funds and healthcare provider EOPYY to pay their share of medicine costs. The OECD also makes no mention of the fact pharmacies have to pay

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  8. Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015

    Newsletters

    ministers and SYRIZA MPs in recent days, our understanding is that the government will be able to pay... in social security contribution arrears. Going beyond May, Greece has to pay 1.54 billion to the IMF... debt redemptions, the key months are July and August when Greece has to pay back bonds, worth 3.5

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  9. Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015

    Newsletters

    for ECB funding – while banks also pay a fee to the Greek state corresponding to 1.1 percent... and its lenders can agree on a package of reforms in return for further bailout funding or whether..., as SYRIZA has argued from the start that the impasse can only be broken by a “political decision

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  10. Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016

    Newsletters

    in the excise tax on fuel and natural gas, a rise in the levy on mobile telephony and pay TV, higher taxation... intends to pay state arrears of 7 billion euros to the private sector by the end of the year... inability to grow and produce sectors that can flourish. The country’s politicians have come up

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