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Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
Agora-Nazi party, which has proved a challenge Greece’s political system has been unable to tackle..., which erupted shortly after the 2009 polls, has created fertile ground for extremists. Six years.... The disintegration of Greece’s political system has also played a significant part in the rise
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New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
PoliticsGreek Politics, have been well received but the bakgrounds of the new defense and foreign ministers has caused... Tsipras has indicated that he wants a steady hand at the helm as his government embarks on talks... at the University of Texas. Varoufakis has been involved in drawing up several proposals for tackling
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
investment of 25 billion has plummeted to just 3.2 billion, following a sharp drop in bank share prices... banks will proceed to similar bond exchange offers in an effort to reduce the amount that has... banks, Eurobank has a major private shareholder, Fairfax, which controls 20.03 percent of its share
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Search for solutions, not scapegoats in EU's refugee crisis
AgoraFor some years now, and especially over the last 12 months, Greece has acted as Europe’s lifeguard...) and the political impact this is having throughout the EU has triggered paroxysms that narrow... controls in the Schengen area) to stem the flow of people to Europe, Greece has been the fall guy, taking
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Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016
of negotiations between the Greek authorities and the mission chiefs has not reached any agreement..., though, there has been no great outcry from SYRIZA and Independent Greeks lawmakers against the pension... the party’s grip on power. This has been most evident in the way that SYRIZA has systematically replaced
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
government has broadly converged with the institutions on a fiscal gap of 3 percent of GDP (5.4.... The government has also proposed a lowering of the current tax-free threshold of 9,550 to 9,100 euros, which... of understanding, while the government has proposed an increase in the tax rate on dividends from 10 to 15
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Newsletter 86 - 26/08/2016
of 102.2 in Q3 2008, the apartment prices index has fallen by 41.7 percent to a record low of 59.6... of a Greek bank into IFC’s trade finance programme. The IFC has an exposure of nearly 600 million euros... SYRIZA was in opposition. He also underlined that the judicial process has to run its course. He
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
. In addition, Fitch notes that the government has sufficient buffers to last them into the second... of Greece (BoG) said on Thursday that the ECB has lowered the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) ceiling... eurozone bailout programme in mid-August 2015, the ECB has trimmed the ELA cap by 38.2 billion. NBG
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Greece gears up for second review, faces wide-ranging reform to-do list
EconomyProgrammeof weeks ago. Following this process, the government has to bring the collective dismissal, industrial... to the labour framework need to be agreed with the institutions. In addition, the government has... Giorgos Katrougalos has repeatedly said that the wise men’s proposals would form the basis
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Newsletter 141
claimed that he had not been appointed as a middleman by them. New Democracy has described it as a “first class” scandal and has demanded that Kammenos face questions about his alleged role in the failed transaction. The defence minister denies any wrongdoing. A preliminary judicial investigation has
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