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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. We need to talk about unemployment

    Agora

    its peak, the chances of the Finance Ministry’s unemployment projections being met seem remote... further deteriorate. They are in danger of joining the ranks of some 800,000 people that have lost

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  5. The challenge in Greece: Funding an emerging economic recovery
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    Agora

    in Greece must be met by the fundamental question of how this dynamic can be made sustainable over time.... The danger may rest in a rising dependency of third-party public financing, relying primarily

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  6. Newsletter 1 31/10/2014

    Newsletters

    time the two men had met in public at a non-New Democracy event since Karamanlis led... overcome, some of which are not of their own making. These include the danger of deflation

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  7. The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government

    Agora

    to guide Greece to calm waters. They have not succeeded in putting the country beyond danger. The truth... for the talks being inconclusive. When Greek officials met with troika representatives in Paris

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  8. A closer look at planned laws for unpaid taxes and home foreclosures

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of moral hazard could emerge as the government is in danger of sending a negative message to all those taxpayers who met their tax obligations consistently in recent years. In response to those arguments

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  9. Newsletter 21 - 27/03/2015

    Newsletters

    slamming the coalition for adopting similar measures to the previous government. There is a danger.... For instance, an attempt to remove taxpayer-funded cars from MPs met with objections and in the end

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  10. Davutoglu departure prompts concern about Turkish unpredictability in Athens
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the danger of a major incident in the Aegean, arguing that Turkey has used such events during periods... with Nicosia and met Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades several times in Brussels to discuss

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