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EU disunity on refugees and its poisonous effects
Agorastates, rather than the EU, to come up with solutions. The proposals were treated as an affront... 2016 and September 2017, just 73 people a month were returned on average, which was much lower than... of migrants sent back by Greece to Turkey under the agreement with the EU stood at less than 2,000
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A year of risk and reward for Greece
Agorathan 80 prior actions, none are considered as politically testing as the ones completed... than more measures in exchange for more loans from the creditors. The significance of morale should... from the programme, which would be supported by a cash buffer of more than 10 billion euros rather
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Newsletter 207 -24/05/2019
) than the opposition. SYRIZA is hoping that it will be able to match or get close to the 26.5 percent... suggest that more than 10 percent of voters are undecided. It is this audience that Mitsotakis... than expected. For Tsipras to be under the kind of pressure that would make it very difficult
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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
Agoradistricts; more than 40 were coloured in the green of PASOK, and just six in the blue of New Democracy... of 43.9 percent vs. 33.5 percent for ND. The socialists gained more than 3 million votes, while... a collapse similar to PASOK, losing more than one million votes compared to 2009. Exit poll data from
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NPEs down by 13 pct to 81.8 bln in 2018, but BoG highlights continuing credit risk
EconomyBanking, falling by more than 13 percent, or 12.6 billion, from the 94.4 billion figure at the end of 2017..., representing 22 percent of NPEs, however more than 67 percent of these loans have not been serviced for more than one year. The equivalent statistic for mortgages that have not been serviced for one year
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Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
EconomyFeatures) households’ disposable income fell by more than a third between 2010-2016 and has shown only... portion of them will have ended up lower down the scale due to lower incomes rather than exiting.... In most cases, the increases were steeper under SYRIZA than their predecessors. Households in the 5,000
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Newsletter 214 -12/07/2019
that comprise his cabinet were sworn in the following day. This was larger than the smaller, flexible team many... for renegotiating the target. Parliament is due to close for less than two weeks from August 10 onwards. Once... noted that Greece is in better shape than a few years ago, with a large cash buffer and low bond
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Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
Agoraof fiscal data to make Greece’s public finances look worse than they were. The rationale behind the accusation was that the deficit of 2009 was intentionally inflated to make it worse than Ireland’s... in close to 10 billion euros in revenues from increased economic activity, and more than 4 billion
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On lockdown: The moments that will remain
Agoraon the last few weeks and remember the peculiar moments rather than the tragic incidents. Unlike some.... Perhaps, though, it is the quiet that will remain with us more than anything else. Apart from a burst... attested to the introspection about lives that will be altered, rather than lost, due to this crisis
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Impact of inflation already widespread, but data suggests worse to come
EconomyFeaturesand most likely will last for longer than the government had hoped or planned for. A large part... speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair. The overall package over the last few weeks has more than... beverages were up by 3 pct year-on-year in October, led by an olive oil price increase of more than 22
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