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Agoraand Innuendo’ to make mistakes: Screwing up has been integral to the reporting of timely news... that the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target that his government has agreed with Greece’s creditors...: “I don't think it's very likely they will be in power but in the unlikely and unfortunate eventuality
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Tsipras challenges Mitsotakis as probe into scandal rekindles rivalry
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has challenged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to take him... that we, SYRIZA, should be convicted. “I am here, if you have the guts. Don’t terrorise the people... is not totally united over how to deal with the matter. There has been much speculation in the local
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Who benefits from Greece’s return to the markets?
Agora– primarily from the US and the UK – who placed buy orders in the book-building process were left... are significant because they are capable of setting a yield benchmark of their own. It is here that I see... is fully financed by its international creditors until end-2015 and now has renewed market access, it does
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Cancelled leaders' meeting in US emphasises stalemate in Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policy”. “I emphasised that we seek good relations with Turkey. But 30 years later, the time has come... so it can buy advanced American F-35 jets. Indeed, Thursday’s discussions at the White House
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A tax credit for Greece: The significance of an independent public revenue service
Agorathis goal has been traced in a new book authored by Argyris Passas, an associate professor at Panteion.... This is demonstrated by two key facts: a) semi-autonomy was – in Greece – only a half measure (as the removal... he was the leader of the opposition) and his government has recently renewed the mandate
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Greece lags in basic skills for youth but improves in educational attainment
Societyand training as well as in adult learning, a European Commission report has found. The 2016 issue of the annual Education and Training Monitor noted the country’s early school leaving rate fell from 9 percent..., respectively. Greece also has the highest rate (40 percent) of 15-29 year-olds with a tertiary
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Greece's 2009 deficit makes for a good conspiracy; shame about the numbers
AgoraI believed that the issue of Greece’s 2009 deficit was definitely settled last year when Andreas... and International Monetary Fund-led programme in 2010. The matter has recently resurfaced and Georgiou could face... the Athens Appeals Court. Nobody should be surprised that the saga of the 2009 deficit has not gone
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Kasselakis struggling for equilibrium at SYRIZA as another senior official quits
PoliticsGreek Politics, Dragasakis said the current SYRIZA has “bears no resemblance to the party I served since its foundation...SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has been hit by another high profile departure from his party... on the left of the political spectrum and listing a series of positions it has taken recently on a range
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Tsipras heads for Russia with specific aims, including halting speculation
PoliticsForeign Policydemarcated” mean? Greece has already made it clear that its strategic choice is to respect its... for the Greek state. Athens has taken on board the lessons from Cyprus’s failed last-minute attempt to get... as a result of this measure. If the deciphering of the signals from the Greek side is correct
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
not see it causing complications for their capital adequacy. The central bank, though, also has to sign... with the 130,000-euro threshold for the residual mortgage. The other issue that has to be resolved is whether... of GDP primary surplus target that is in place until 2022. “I don’t want to do it immediately,” he said
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