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Fear and loathing in Athens: an ex-minister's take on troika reviews
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis fiscal balance the country can pay off its creditors, nothing else,” he said. “They don’t have
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Greek politics in thrall to new faces and old ideas
Agoraof their off-putting haughtiness. They talk down to people, presenting themselves as an elite that has... or anyone else. New Democracy nominated one of its younger members, Aris Spiliotopoulos, to run
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In the absence of light, darkness grows
Agorano longer be regarded as just frustrated citizens letting off steam. Nor can our understanding of what..., snubbing justice and, when all else failed, attempting to cosy up to Golden Dawn and adopt some of its
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2014 is not 2012
AgoraSince the eurozone crisis kicked off towards the end of 2009 in Greece there has been no other institution that has gained in prominence like the European Central Bank. Aside from the fact... for banks dried up everywhere else and the Frankfurt-based lender stepped in with various discount
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
AgoraAt first it seemed like a harmless joke. “And now for one member state, all the men need to take off their ties,” said European Commission first vice-president Frans Timmermans at the end of a recent.... “It is this egotism motivated by nationalism that disconcerts me more than anything else today,” he told
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Newsletter 30 - 12/06/2015
. The truth is that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras cast off many of his red lines days ago and the pledges... believes there is nothing else left to be gained from technical discussions and that only political
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
stand-off on labour market reform, there is not much else to show in terms of concessions
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The Greeks deserved better than this
Agoralast year) and an uneasy stand-off on labour market reform, there is not much else to show in terms
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Now comes the really hard part
Agoracontrols choked numerous small- and medium-sized businesses, investors were scared off and a weak recovery... wishing that someone else was prime minister. It will be the latest blow to a society that has
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
, Kyritsis then added his opinion that those who backed the Yes vote were generally better off than those... pressure from its international lenders, needs to get a foothold on the political rock face or else risk
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