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As hopes of April 24 deal fade, differences between Greece and lenders remain
PoliticsGreek Politics. The fact the coalition has yet to clarify its position on this issue, even though it involves... to roll over 1.4 billion euros in T-Bills on May 6 and May 13. The second is a normal rollover but the first is for six-month T-Bills, some of which are in the hands of foreign investors who
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
quarter. The decline in housing prices continues unabated for the 29th successive quarter, yet the pace... debt. Greek government bonds (GGBs) as well as T-Bills remained unchanged in Q2. GGBs amount to 59.62 billion and T-Bills stand at 14.87 billion euros. Bailout loans now account for almost 69 percent
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Making the extraordinary ordinary
Agora. For them,” fisherman Thanassis Marmarinos told the documentary makers. “Personally, I don’t feel like... can’t stand by and watch when things like this can happen,” said fisherman Stratis Valiamos, who... on their islands. Yet, the stories of bravery and generosity abound. Another fine example can be seen
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Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicshave yet to show their hand on the matter. It would not be the first time that SYRIZA and Kammenos’s... ‘Macedonia.’ If there is a majority, it will pass. If there isn’t, it won’t pass.” Kammenos has seen
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Is a lack of spending hampering Greece's firefighting capabilities?
Society,” he said, “if part of our national sovereignty hadn’t been surrendered, and if in the years of the memoranda the dogma of small government hadn’t prevailed, leaving critical services... discipline. Yet the frontline forces have been unusually reluctant to blame spending cuts for the Mati
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Bad news
AgoraJack Shafer put it a few years ago: “Journalists don’t need to dip into a box labelled ‘Half-truths... would say it is unlikely the opposition will win, wouldn’t he? But this is exactly why it would... could have checked with CNBC. The transcript was available on the same morning the interview aired. Yet
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Tsipras hammers out dividing lines, trumpets battle with 'elite'
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister has not yet made a final decision and the option of a snap election in May is still open... in rebates. “We don’t have big publishing and TV groups on our side, we don’t have entangled interest on our
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Defence agreement, views on Turkey attract most interest during Pompeo visit
PoliticsForeign Policy. It is yet another proof that Greece is back after the crisis with an upgraded role at an international... on Monday. Via the presence of Philip T Reeker, Acting Assistant Secretary at United States Bureau... in those places, we have said: ‘Look, we can’t resort to the military to resolve this. We need
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EU enlargement - a moving target that is moving further away
Agorain". In such an environment, it is difficult to sustain Euro-enthusiasm. Yet, it is still the best path for us... they made, because EU Member States are holding the decisions in their hands. It wasn’t only North... liberalization, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which still isn’t even granted candidate status. Montenegro
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Where is Odysseus? Part 5 - Productivity
Agora(the solid line). We don’t want to let the Covid-19 episode define employment on the downside, so we have..., productivity growth has faltered and is yet to recover its vitality as envisaged in the Plan of 2018... economy, so these assumptions may be too optimistic—we will see. In any event, we didn’t want to bias
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