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Karystianou reveals plans to launch party, threatening to disrupt Greek politics
PoliticsGreek Politicsof that struggle but could also prove to be a bold attempt to reshape the country’s political order... of leadership, insisting that whoever heads the party must embody courage and selflessness rather than political... as symbolic rather than substantive. Nevertheless, her announcement is likely to shift the political
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The wrong prescription
Agoraof speculation about how targets will be met. This time the focus is on the structural rather than fiscal side... experiencing Greece rather than the inside of a hotel or meeting room will tell you it is easier to find a pharmacy than a super market or convenience store. The argument that OTC medicines need
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
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Agorafund to sell its shares in lenders for less than Greek taxpayers paid for them - it overshadowed... motion to Parliament last November - when little was at stake - rather than in June 2013, when... to their nationalist agenda rather than the national interest, the leftists called for the resignation
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
of the presidential vote has two distinct advantages. By holding the ballots on December 17, 23 and 29, rather than... reaction to Samaras’s unorthodox move was less than overwhelming. Whereas earlier some Democratic Left... of September, that value stood at 17 billion and was still materially lower than the 22.5 billion
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Newsletter 11 - 16/01/2015
surplus is now seen at 1.5 percent of GDP, in line with the EAP target, yet slightly lower than... than its target and Public Investment Budget balance was 216 million lower than expected. At 1.93 billion euros, the 2014 primary surplus is some 3 billion less than expected. Deflation continues
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Newsletter 44 - 25/09/2015
of the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) in mid-August. Since then, the better than expected GDP growth for the second quarter and the stronger than anticipated tourism numbers have raised hopes... statement, “no later than 15 November”. Since capital needs are due to be disclosed in the second half
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Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016
of the year, more than 110,000 refugees and migrants Almost 110,000 migrants have entered Greece from... of farmers paying less in tax and contributions than is now the case. Τhe IMF confirmed on Tuesday... of this compassion is the underlying psychological connection. It is less than 100 years ago that Greeks from
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Three-quarters of Greek workforce struggles to make ends meet
Societythan double the EU average, according to a report by Eurofound, an EU agency that studies living... “well”. The results suggest that Greeks are more likely than their EU peers to worry about work “always... of its workforce (43 percent) who work more than 40 hours a week in their main job, a rate far above
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Newsletter 107 - 17/02/2017
of measures substantially lower than 3.6 billion euros. Following this, Athens also wants the creditors... society. These are elements he feels he needs in order to convince the 153 government MPs to back any... the target by 342 million, a performance largely attributed to higher than expected revenues (by 340
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The tie that binds
Agora, unpaid taxes continue to pile up and have passed the 100-billion-euro mark, more than 20 percent... for the interest payments and amortisation of more than 95 billion euros lent to Greece as part...) and the disbursal of more than 3 billion euros to buy back some of the 10.4 billion euros that Athens owes
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