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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorain a political battle with the leftist party rather than implement the measures being demanded... Lula, rather than Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. However, this bubble also burst when Tsipras decided... in its most recent review (summer 2014, more than a year after Mitsotakis was appointed
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Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than... further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens and strengthen its... would have only allowed the plane to enter their air space if it stopped in Bodrum rather than Rhodes
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agora, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. When Kostas Karamanlis attended the Istanbul nuptials more than... to go further than the customary unauthorised overflights in its attempts to rattle Athens... reportedly would have only allowed the plane to enter their air space if it stopped in Bodrum rather than
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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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Healthy eating and smoking on decline in Greece over last five years
SocietyGreeks ate vegetables and fruit, smoked cigarettes and drank less frequently in 2014 than five... was greater for men (14.6 percent) than women (6.1 percent). In comparison with the 2009 results... smoke occasionally over the same period. Men were much more likely to smoke (39 percent) than women
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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
and, consequently, slightly upped the relevant rates for those with more than 25 working years... drop in the number of refugees and migrants reaching Greece last week, with less than 100 arrivals one... to the seasonally unadjusted data, the number of employed fell by more than 86,000 to 3.55 million, while
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Newsletter 75 - 27/05/2016
of no more than 1.5 percent of GDP, compared to the 3.5 percent envisaged in the third eurozone bailout... a high of 220.43 billion at the end of December and currently make up more than 68 percent of central... pretty simple: look no further than German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Even when it appeared
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Potential changes to constitution and electoral law move onto main agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsabout the government’s ideas on the constitutional review rather than the adjustment programme, which... has discussed publicly is for the Greek president to be elected by voters rather than Parliament... more than six MPs. He said he is also looking at allowing Greeks to vote from the age of 17, rather
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Unpopular but effective property tax returns for another year
EconomyMacroeconomyENFIA due would be much higher than that of last year and could top 4 billion in 2016 from less than 3.3... property value, while the ENFIA due was less than 50 euros for an aggregate amount of 21.1 million making... percent. The breakdown also showed that more than half (51.5 percent) of taxpayers were due to pay
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Greece's harsh social reality
Agoramarriages of all durations, the most marked rise was in marriages of more than 10 years, where... from employment. In the same year, more than 1.1 million Greeks were living in low-work intensity homes, where working-age members worked less than 20 percent of their work potential and availability
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