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  1. Compromise proposal on table ahead of Friday's Eurogroup
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    last May, which will result in lower retirement pay for almost all pensioners. The government has... and the Greek government, a compromise agreement on the fiscal measures beyond 2018 appears... to satisfy the government, which strived to avoid having to implement both measures in the same year

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  2. Greece heads to Eurogroup facing uncertain outcome
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    . On the fiscal gap for 2018, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos recently said it has been trimmed down... official said that the IMF is demanding additional fiscal measures of 4.2 billion euros for Greece... it will not legislate any measures for 2019 and 2020. Those additional measures also include a cut in main

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  3. Decisive week for Greek programme begins with proposal from Athens
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    the rules of the short-term debt relief measures for Greece. According to the ESM, those rules relate to the pricing and funding of the measures endorsed by the December 5 Eurogroup, which involve an EFSF/ESM bond exchange, interest rate swaps and matched funding. There has also been movement

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  4. Murder the result of Golden Dawn acting with impunity and targeting working class neighbourhoods

    Society

    . Fyssas was not Golden Dawn’s first victim. The far right party has been linked to at least two... the Greek police has taken to incidents involving Golden Dawn. Fyssas’s murder is also part..., near Piraeus. Golden Dawn has a strategy of targeting such neighbourhoods, establishing its

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  5. Samaras ratchets up tension in clash with SYRIZA over violence
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Tension has seeped through Greek politics in the wake of the Golden Dawn arrests but Prime Minister... with references to the “two extremes”. It has been a concerted New Democracy tactic for some time to portray... Tsipras is not able to control. SYRIZA has found it difficult to shake off the accusations

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  6. Volunteers try to fill void left by retreating Greek state
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    Society

    One of the most worrying aspects of the crisis has been that the financial constraints on the state... services. This has left thousands of Greeks directly exposed to some of the worst effects...) is one of the organizations that has attracted most attention over the last couple of years as it uses

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  7. Are Independent Greeks and SYRIZA set to become odd bedfellows?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ? Speculation about the left- and right-wing parties joining forces has intensified after Independent... is not universally accepted in Kammenos’s anti-bailout party, nor has SYRIZA reacted enthusiastically. However, some kind of cooperation between the two parties has been in the offing for a while. Tsipras

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  8. Greek justice slower despite reform efforts during crisis
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    Society

    activity report, examining what progress has been made in a number of areas where Athens has been... that progress in these areas has been limited. The functioning of the Greek judicial system has... has continued its support to the review of the Code of Civil Procedure, the promotion of mediation

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  9. Golden Dawn rears its head in local polls, prompting rethink from main parties
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to Greece’s political system has not disappeared and it has forced the mainstream parties to come up... awaiting trial, it is not clear what room for manoeuvre the party has. The ball, therefore, is very much... that has stayed loyal to Golden Dawn to change their minds. Until recently, New Democracy followed

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  10. Greek-German relations: Perception versus reality

    Agora

    that Greece has to adopt through the troika compliance requirements. The lingering impression... of bilateral cooperation that has been established alongside unnecessary finger pointing. Leaving aside the unprecedented volumes of credit guarantees that Germany has provided for the financing

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