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  1. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    Agora

    Barring any last minute upsets, Golden Dawn will officially become Greece’s third-largest party when local and European Parliament elections are held in May. At least that is what opinion polls have been indicating for some time. It would represent anot...

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  2. In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
    Photo by Roberto Ortiz via Flickr

    Agora

    A double degree in communication from Paris and Madrid universities, and a master’s in cultural policy at a prestigious British institution may have been enough for getting a job a decade ago in Spain but not now. Laura, 25 and unemployed for one year, ...

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  3. Podcast - Riding into the danger zone: Greece gets new jets

    Agora

    Greece recently received the first six state-of-the art fighter jets it has ordered from France, hoping that their arrival marks the start of an upgrade of its military capabilities, but also an improvement in its geopolitical standing. The Rafale plane...

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  4. Greece courts danger
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    Agora

    This could go down as the week that Greek justice took over from Liz Truss as the world’s briefest joke. It would be funny if it wasn’t so worrying. On Tuesday, Greece’s Supreme Court announced the findings of a preliminary 9-month investigation into th...

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  5. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  6. SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Sabiha Suleiman, a local Roma activist, as a candidate for the May 25 European Parliament elections. Her candidacy provoked a reaction in the Muslim minority because she favours Roma children

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  7. EU experts concerned about level of xenophobia, violence against migrants in Greece

    Society

    Xenophobia and violence against migrants reached worrying levels last year in Greece, which among other issues continues to segregate Roma children in some schools, a new report from Europe’s anti..., asylum seekers and migrants and the ongoing segregation of Roma children in some schools, in spite

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  8. Govt responds to report on deadly incident with tougher policing measures, as critics call for rethink
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    -Roma discrimination against the car’s occupants. Reporting of the incident in question by the police... by the officer’s defence lawyer in which he referred to the Roma community as a “scourge of society” and called

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  9. Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    increase in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so

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  10. Greece's 2015 budget: A breakdown of all the key figures

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    a positive impact on general government fiscal figures of 852 million (0.47 percent of GDP) in 2013

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