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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek Politics. Electoral reform was one of SYRIZA’s election pledges and, as such, introducing it would...,” on the other hand, is one of the cards SYRIZA will play to boost morale within the party and to help... be the one deciding the number of permits available and could seek to limit the total in order to keep out
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Multiple crises fence in Greece
Agoraof such protests one of the few things in Greece that is heading upwards. The other rising indicator..., making it one of the biggest rallies in recent years. Were they protesting against SYRIZA... matter much. One banner summed up the mood perfectly: “Our patience has run out.” This is the result
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agorain strengthening its two tripartite agreements with Cyprus and Egypt, on the one hand, and Cyprus... space by Turkish air force jets over recent months is seen as one of the symptoms of Ankara feeling... receive 3 billion euros in aid over two years rather than one, bargains with the EU, Greece seems
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Withdrawal of NGOs from refugee centres puts pressure on Greece to fill void
PoliticsForeign Policyof the crisis. Last week’s agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the so-called “one-for-one.... This would mean the coalition deciding on a much more hands-on approach than the one it has opted
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Camp conditions and fragile EU-Turkey agreement risks for Greece in refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policycamp and drastically reducing the numbers at the port of Piraeus, authorities have almost solved one... to be of a similar standard to the one constructed at Elaionas in Athens last year. More than 2,200 refugees... to keep to this agreement. Mitsotakis was accompanied on his visit by one of the local mayors, suggesting
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Some basic products in Greece among most expensive in EU
Societyand eggs, one of the nine categories of goods out of 13 that are above average EU prices, according to new...). Indeed, oils and fats were one of the few categories that saw a price rise from 2014 to 2015... expensive member state than in the cheapest one. Denmark had the highest price level for food
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Eurosystem funding falls 8.6 bln in June in aftermath of waiver reinstatement
EconomyMacroeconomythat from the 45 billion euros of deposit outflows in the first half of 2015, one third of withdrawals in the form of banknotes was kept under mattresses, while one third was transferred to bank accounts abroad and the remaining one third was switched to international money market funds.
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Newsletter 83 - 22/07/2016
for the winning party, or the one in second place, to gather multiple partners to form a new... together. The possibility of such a government being formed seem slim. One provision of the law passed... lenders to reach an agreement on debt relief. He added that lower fiscal targets could be one
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Unpopular but effective property tax returns for another year
EconomyMacroeconomyThe single property tax (ENFIA) has become one of the most contentious taxes in Greece, adding... of 81.2 percent. The latter confirms ENFIA remained one the taxes with a relatively high... million euros. The next bracket involves around 1.5 million taxpayers (one in 5) who declare
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New Democracy latches on to SYRIZA confusion over law and order
PoliticsGreek Politicsup, and police suggesting that at least one bullet from an assault rifle was fired at a building..., and that New Democracy would do a better one, the conservatives are also stressing the divisions... cohesion and resolve should not be discounted. It will be one of the matters that Prime Minister
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