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  1. Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016

    Newsletters

    , Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem suggested that the review would take months, rather than weeks. He also... loans linked to primary residences. Rather than rely on a series of cuts, which is the approach... rather than implement the measures being demanded by the troika. As it became apparent that Samaras

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  2. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    Agora

    in 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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  3. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

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    . The government strongly insists on increasing revenues rather than cutting costs (i.e. pensions... as favouring “neoliberal” positions that are even more drastic than those of the institutions... of 30.1 percent but better than the 1.3 percent increase in 2013. Last year's increase was considerably

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  4. 2015 primary surplus exceeds target as revenues outperform and expenditure is reined in

    Economy

    to an over-performance of 1.13 billion. Primary expenditure was 626 million better than target, while.... For the whole year, primary expenditure eased 1.5 percent to 41.3 billion, 626 million better than target... was kept broadly stable (-0.2 percent) to 48.55 billion for 2015, 719 million better than target. PIB

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  5. Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016

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    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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  6. A marriage of inconvenience
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    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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  7. Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016

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    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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  8. Budget primary surplus jumps to 1.19 bln in Jan, largely on rising PIB revenues

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    year and 876 million better than the target. Revenues Revenues (before tax refunds) grew by 2.3... in January, 86 million better than the target and mitigated the underperformance of tax revenues. Meanwhile, tax refunds declined by 16.9 percent to 296 million, 50 million lower than target

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  9. Healthy eating and smoking on decline in Greece over last five years

    Society

    Greeks 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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  10. Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016

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    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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