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  1. Births drop 14 pct since start of crisis as Greece faces wider population worries

    Society

    The number of children born in Greece fell by more than 14 percent between 2009, when the country... more people out of work or in retirement than those who are in work, the implications... are inevitable. The government aims to provide a basic state pension of less than 400 euros within the next

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  2. We need to talk about unemployment

    Agora

    stabilizers are allowed to kick in if the recession turns out to be deeper than initially anticipated.... If the OECD proves accurate, close to a quarter of a million more unemployed Greeks than the Finance... Cabanillas and Alessio Terzi, found that the Commission was more accurate than the IMF

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  3. EU Task Force sees improvements in Greece, tends to damaged ties

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    view of the EU and 43 percent of the euro. These levels of scepticism are considerably higher than... in supporting Greece in its effort to increase its absorption of EU cohesion funds, which amount to more than... percent each year than it would have without the help from Brussels . This was the third highest rate

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  4. Direct taxes jump by 46 pct to help Sept. revenues beat target for third month in row

    Economy

    strongly in September more than offsetting another weak set of indirect taxes. After a stronger bottom... expenditure (2.0 billion) and - to a lesser extent – lower tax refunds (552 million) more than offsetting... targets) meeting annual targets, implying that an incremental amount of more than 2 billion should

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  5. Are politicians in Greece promoting reforms or social cannibalism?
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    Agora

    at just over 2,000. Rather than highlight its own failing in speeding up the disciplinary process... the municipal police monitored parking, the force generated more than enough revenues to cover its... that will eventually lead to no man being left standing. Rather than waste our time with other myths, the only

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  6. Two hurdles left for coalition this year before bigger challenges in 2014
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    be no bigger than 270,000 euros The Ministry also proposes that those with a household income of less than 15,000 per year should pay a monthly mortgage payment of 10 percent of their net monthly income... are presumably softer than those that would have been demanded by the troika, which wanted

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  7. Greece in 2014: The risks and opportunities of moving forward

    Agora

    in this respect (more than 27 per cent of total official lending to Greece) – the question many ask... in 2013. More than 70 billion euros were reached at the end of the year, an increase of over 20 billion... different time frame and set of investment components. In more ways than one Greece is at a cross roads

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  8. Unemployment hit new high of 27.8 pct in October, set to rise further

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    million after recording declines in August and September. Greece currently has less than 3.6 million people in employment to support more than 4.7 million unemployed and inactive, an unsustainable ratio... impacts more than half of those between 15 and 24 looking for a job with the rate standing at 57.9

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  9. One in two Greek households rely on pensions to make ends meet

    Society

    is out of work. However, even more alarmingly, only 9.8 percent (less than 200,000) receive unemployment... in their payments to the state, banks, social security funds or public utilities due to money shortages. More than... and 2013, which is higher than Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures suggest. Nine in 10

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  10. Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
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    Agora

    exigency than on macro-economic objectives. Members of the troika themselves, notably the IMF... of fiction than a concise economic adjustment programme. When focusing on Greece Streeck’s ire... decision makers to again buy some time, Streeck does not consider this arrangement to be more than

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