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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
Agorathat taking on the Church of Greece is not simply a matter of changing the structure of religious... opposition banging at its door. The risk of alienating voters, who do not necessarily have
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Fitch improves outlook to positive, sees investment grade hinging on fiscal performance and banks
EconomyFitch got the schedule of rating reviews in the new year underway with an upgrade of Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, while it reaffirmed the rating at ‘BB’. Fitch was the first agency to upgrade Greece’s rating to ‘BB’ back in January 2020, ju...
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PBO sees 2024 growth of 2.5 pct hinging on RRF and investments
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) published on Monday its latest quarterly report in which it is broadly positive about the prospects of the Greek economy in 2024, though it does flag up concerns about the effects of persistent inflation, the implic...
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Will the real men of unity please stand up?
Agora. This apparent ganging up on what is currently the eurozone’s politically, economically
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Greece gears up for second review, faces wide-ranging reform to-do list
EconomyProgrammeThe government is expected to start negotiations with the institutions on the second programme review early this week. The start of the talks come in the wake of Greece implementation of the 15 prior actions needed to complete the first review, which wa...
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Crisis changing Greeks' college choices, research indicates
SocietyThe Greek crisis has witnessed a boom in students seeking a career in the military or police as well to becoming psychologists, a new study comparing college choices before and after 2009 has found. Conducted by two PhD candidates in economics – Rigissa...
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SYRIZA and ND at odds over proposals for changing constitution
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe proposals made by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras regarding the revision of Greece’s constitution have had their desired effect in the sense that the political debate, as well as considerable media attention, has shifted to SYRIZA’s suggestions. Two p...
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Athens warned about missing fiscal targets rather than changing them unilaterally
EconomyProgrammeThursday’s Eurogroup resulted in a warning from European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling that Greece may miss its primary surplus target this year as a result of the so-called positive measures adopted. Regling, however, stopped shor...
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Greece gets close-up view of rapidly changing US foreign policy position
PoliticsForeign PolicyLike other EU member states, Greece has been taken aback by the Trump administration’s decision to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world. Last Monday, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis witnessed firsthand the US decision to vote for ...
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoraovertones. Banging the nationalist-populist drum has traditionally been a popular activity in this part
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