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  1. How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
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    On the night of October 6 in 2009, Greek TV channels put up the map of the country's electoral districts; more than 40 were coloured in the green of PASOK, and just six in the blue of New Democracy... of 43.9 percent vs. 33.5 percent for ND. The socialists gained more than 3 million votes, while

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  2. Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
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    EconomyFeatures

    ) households’ disposable income fell by more than a third between 2010-2016 and has shown only... portion of them will have ended up lower down the scale due to lower incomes rather than exiting.... In most cases, the increases were steeper under SYRIZA than their predecessors. Households in the 5,000

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  3. Learning the lessons of Greece's toxic decade
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    of fiscal data to make Greece’s public finances look worse than they were. The rationale behind the accusation was that the deficit of 2009 was intentionally inflated to make it worse than Ireland’s... in close to 10 billion euros in revenues from increased economic activity, and more than 4 billion

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  4. Bound to lose
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    Agora

    emotions being cut short. Hopefully, any probe will take less than the five interminable years needed... assigns excessive importance to the symptoms, rather than causes, of Greece’s economic, political... such a landmark occasion by speaking more as a party leader, rather than a prime minister. His words

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  5. Greece registers 42,425 asylum seekers at rising rate in two years of EU-Turkey deal
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    Society

    was put in place, less than 1,900 failed asylum seekers have been returned to Turkey. Although numbers... decisions went up notably in 2017 compared to 2016. This was put down to the necessary infrastructure...) of 2016, around which time the EU-Turkey deal was put in place, the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017

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  6. New pension system, lower primary surpluses among govt targets for 2020
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with more than 33 years of insurance. Another element of the bill will be the permanent support mechanism... surplus targets being reduced from 2021 onwards. Kathimerini reported that Athens aims to put... forecast which put it at 2 percent, and the institutions and foreign banks which put it at 1.8-1.9

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  7. Newsletter 302 - 18/06/2021

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    estimates put more than 50 billion euros. Mitsotakis is hoping to take advantage of the positive mood... savings accounts set up for new employees. The intention is to put the bill to public consultation... which put a freeze on the party’s long-awaited regrouping since its return to opposition

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  8. Newsletter 342 - 17/06/2022

    Newsletters

    Greece, Mitsotakis said that his government will soon put forward legislation to allow nursery... interview with ERT this week, Mitsotakis also dismissed the notion put forward by PASOK-KINAL leader... and confirmed that regular QE would end in July, GGBs, along with other periphery bonds, were put under

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  9. Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    process on the Syrian crisis, while also expressing “serious concerns over the situation in Libya.” The instability in Libya and the presence of jihadists there was highlight by the Egyptian president

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  10. Newsletter 234 -10/01/2020

    Newsletters

    with Ankara, which escalated following Turkey’s decision to sign a maritime agreement with Libya... actions in Libya, as well as the two memoranda signed between Ankara and Tripoli. However, Turkey’s

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