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  1. Greece to pay IMF but concluding negotiations will be a tougher task
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    There were no surprises from Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’s meeting with International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde in Washington on Sunday but the government in Athens still faces a challenging few days ahead. Lagarde co...

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  2. Greeks graduating after 2011 encountered limited opportunities, low pay
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    Society

    A report by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) has revealed that graduates in Greece after 2011 were twice as likely to be unemployed as graduates in the overall working-age population, and that the majority of them earned salari...

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  3. Tsipras eyes review conclusion, insists SYRIZA patience will pay off
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured SYRIZA’s political secretariat on Monday that the government will manage to wrap up the third review on time and that better days are on the way for his party. Speaking to SYRIZA officials after the departure of the...

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  4. Alpha Bank turns profitable in Q1 as last year's clean-up efforts pay off
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    EconomyBanking

    Alpha Bank reported a net profit of 125 million euros in Q1 2022, compared to a loss of 282 million euros in the same quarter of 2021. In the last quarter of 2021, the net loss was 408.1 million euros, mostly on the back of 551.8 million euros of impair...

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  5. Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis

    Society

    The proportion of Greeks suffering from major depression has increased substantially since 2011 and is several times higher than pre-crisis levels, according to a new study by the University of Athens. The institution’s Mental Health Research Institute ...

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  6. Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    In his first televised interview of this election campaign, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has claimed he will not continue as premier if SYRIZA is forced into an alliance with New Democracy, To Potami and/or PASOK. Tsipras told Alpha TV on Wednesday nig...

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  7. IMF hints at flexibility as debt relief talks continue
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The terrorist attack on former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos in Athens on Thursday has drawn attention away from the uncertainty created by the failure to reach an agreement on debt relief at Monday’s Eurogroup, but discussions are continuing in the ba...

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  8. New president receives strong endorsement, hints at areas of interest

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Senior judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou was elected Greece's new, and first female, president on Wednesday by the vast majority of the country’s MPs, vindicating Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s choice, but also justifying SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras...

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  9. Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Vaccination rates across Greece are beginning to diverge, leading experts to make further appeals to citizens to overcome their hesitancy and scepticism. While the political leadership continues to praise the operational efficiency of the vaccination ca...

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  10. Govt hints at more relief measures as opposition lambasts electricity bill fixes
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The latest budget performance figures offered a pleasant surprise for the government, which has immediately got to the task of balancing public expectations for more assistance with the need to reassure the markets of its commitment to fiscal discipline...

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