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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along
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Does return to markets signal end of Greek crisis? The perils of ignoring macro-economic fundamentals
Agoraof the country’s credit rating was premature and not yet based on fundamentals. The Greek authorities... to be made about the country, it should be based on the observation that we are seeing an economic stabilisation at a very low point of departure. But it is early days to call the crisis over in Greece
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Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
PoliticsGreek Politicsthis will be enough for Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem to call an emergency meeting of eurozone... and the Fund. Our future cooperation should be based on mutual trust and respect and channelled... in good faith for forging a different contract between us, based a realistic primary surplus effort
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European Commission's Greek DSA sees recession ahead, debt becoming unsustainable
EconomyProgrammeslippages in the first half of the year, the agreed fiscal targets with the Greek authorities call.... The government has pledged to bring in 6.4 billion by the end of 2017. Based on those assumptions and excluding... targets (-1 percent in 2015, 0 percent in 2016 and 1.5 percent in 2017). Based on these assumptions
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Club Med in Washington
Agora’s and Fitch). Only the Canada-based DBRS still has Portugal one notch above a junk rating. DBRS’s..., then the king will have to use his constitutional prerogatives to dissolve parliament and call fresh... portfolio. Because the ownership structure of many Italian banks is based on foundations that control
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IMF voices concerns over long-term debt, sees more relief being needed
EconomyProgrammeexceptionally high primary surpluses for decades. The Fund’s debt sustainability analysis (DSA) is based... is breached in 2038, which would call for additional debt relief. To further illustrate the concern... is concerned that the commitment to provide additional relief is based on very ambitious primary
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Is Greece facing a new migration crisis?
Societyof the political dispute is based on fundamental disagreements on migration policy between... courts, while it may also be open to challenge based on EU and international legal principles... government has been repeating its call for Turkey to come to the negotiating table with the EU
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After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge
PoliticsForeign Policymemoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... mainland through a sea area that Ankara claims belongs to Turkey. The agreement is based, however... perhaps more action from its European allies. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held a telephone call
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After the tweetstorm - Tracing the course of #IStandWithGreece
Agorawas first deployed in connection with the border closure by a U.S.-based Trump supporter. It received a single re-tweet, from a Greek account. Two more U.S.-based accounts used the hashtag..., French and Russian fleets defeated the Ottoman and Egyptian navies – is a call for Europe to unite
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PM increases coronavirus support package to 10 bln, while sounding dire warning to public
PoliticsGreek Politicshigh demand due to the containment measures, including delivery drivers and call centre workers..., bringing the total to 464. The official estimate of total infections in the community based on modelling... for classroom teaching, and are calling for the university entry exams to be based on a reduced curriculum
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