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You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
Agora(although it should be noted that the troika, even belatedly, has signed off on the disbursement of all..., 118 euros to every Slovenian and 141 euros to every Spaniard. Greece also owes 15.2 billion euros... of increases, reached 80 billion euros in April 2014. Every single country contributed to the ESM, even
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Brexit and Grexit – Britain’s referendum and Greece
Agora” in 1946 will have been broken. The pound will slump and many firms will have to lay off workers... to choose a new prime minister and face shock and dismay from across the Atlantic and in every corner of the world. President Obama, numerous US foreign and defence policy chiefs, and every Commonwealth
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Government fails to break deadlock in dispute with farmers as SYRIZA loses MEP
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has warned it will show zero tolerance for disruption as farmers kick off 48 hours... the protesters to dissolve the blockades and negotiate, noting that “there is no time to lose, every hour that a person takes to get home, to their village, every child and every family inconvenienced is a big
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What are Greek coalition's plans for privatisation programme?
Economy, the previous governments had completed in 2011-2014 sell-off projects worth 5.36 billion euros with cash... essential assets that are potentially very valuable for this nation are being sold off for peanuts... receipts of 9.6 billion euros by end-2016 and 22.3 by end-2020. According to Tovima.gr, the Finance
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Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along
PoliticsGreek Politicson April 22. Once the Eurogroup has signed off on the measures (which also have to be approved by some... being put off for now and only being discussed after Athens has passed the agreed measures. Given its stance in the wake of the WikiLeaks publication, the coalition is likely to be satisfied
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Tsipras weighs up options amid concern about mired talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsneeds. Review stand-off The International Monetary Fund’s apparent decision to give up pressuring... now extra (and painful) measures to keep the IMF satisfied that the 3.5 percent target for 2018... in one form or another. This would be a complex bargain for Tsipras to bring off and would have
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Ministers urged to speed up reforms as Athens prepares for lenders to return
EconomyProgrammemuch groundwork has been done on the 88 prior actions and that many of them can be ticked off... on Monday. Their visit is expected to last until Saturday. If they are satisfied with the outcome... convince the creditors that the majority was not a one-off as this would lessen the chances
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Minister's actions put PM on the spot as politicians' loans stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicswas satisfied that no rules had been broken by the lender when it agreed to loan Polakis 100,000... pounce upon. Also, Polakis clearly serves a purpose for SYRIZA. His abrasive style may be a turn-off... Documento weekly, which claim that the same off-shore source provided finding for the latter’s business
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Strong showing in local elections for ND as it targets majority in national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicscandidate Giorgos Patoulis easily beat off SYRIZA’s incumbent, Rena Dourou with around two thirds... Kostas Bakoyiannis, the nephew of party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Bakoyiannis beat off the challenge.... Despite the blow in Thessaloniki, New Democracy will be satisfied with the results of the second
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Govt steps up policy response, hoping to impede Coronavirus
PoliticsGreek Politicsof each four taken off being recorded as leave. He added that the state would cover a third... to prevent pupils who are off school, as well as their parents from engaging in activities... and that four in 10 are not satisfied with the measures taken by the government so far. Opinion
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