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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign Policyin Piraeus is part of its so-called “One Belt, One Road” policy. Beijing sees Greece as a vital partner... interested in Greece playing a greater role in “One Belt, One Road” plan. Athens believes Greece could
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyby the Paris-based organisation has found. Only about one in 20 adults in Greece attain the highest levels of proficiency (level 4 or 5) in literacy, compared to around one in 10 adults (10.6 percent) on average..., Greece is one of the few countries where women outperform men in literacy. In numeracy, some 5.6
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the new system applies immediately rather than from the general election after the next one... opinion polls currently indicate would be New Democracy, would need at least one, and most probably two, governing partners. Also, cutting the voting age by one year would allow about 100,000 more
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The cat is out of the bag: Europe's politics is a mess
Agora, in the future. In France, President Francois Hollande has staggered from one blow to the next... Le Pen. In one of Europe’s other economic powerhouses, Italy, Matteo Renzi is also struggling... one, then, starts to take into account the rise of nationalists and populists, particularly
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Who pays property tax and how much revealed by Greek authorities
EconomyMacroeconomytax burden on 2016 was shifted towards large properties. GSPR data showed that more than one-third of the total or 2 million individuals declare one property right, 1.39 million two rights... the total ENFIA amount of this bracket stands at 911 million euros, making up one-third of total ENFIA
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Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
Agoralike one of the most ludicrous things uttered by a European politician recently, or at least one... countries back to Greece would be an act of wanton stubbornness. When one also factors.... Indeed, they are not insignificant: Each one represents a person taken out of a hellish situation
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Grappling with Europe's polycrisis
AgoraThings are so bad in the European Union that officials are using two Greek words, not just one... Germany was one of the six signatories of the Treaty of Paris for the founding of the European Coal... purpose to survive the buffeting from the polycrisis. One of the few figures in Brussels that does
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Eurogroup grants short-term debt relief but leaves Athens fretting over fiscal targets and IMF
EconomyProgrammeother key issues. While the agreement on debt relief wraps up one loose end for the government... meeting is not one that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will easily be able to sell as a major victory in the coalition’s dealings with the institutions. Debt relief The one issue settled definitively
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Greek banks conclude series of corporate actions as part of restructuring
EconomyBankingBulgarian subsidiary United Bulgarian Bank (UBB). UBB was established in 1992 and is one of the leading... of Dogus Holdings, one of the top-3 private sector conglomerates in Turkey. The consideration... in the market to achieve access to medium-term funding. Alpha said that around one quarter
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Mitsotakis seals alliance with Drassi, targets role of unifier
PoliticsGreek Politicsthose proudly defending the people’s interests on the one hand and the representatives of the IMF... on Wednesday. “The real dilemma is whether one aligns themselves with the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks... of To Potami should the centrist party choose to ally with one side or the other. So far
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