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  1. EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
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    Agora

    they are stuffed with foam, which when wet will absorb water and drag the person wearing it down

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  2. Idomeni exodus complicates management of refugee crisis for gov't
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    and unhygienic conditions at Idomeni, where another bout of wet weather over the weekend has created even

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  3. Tear gas instead of vaccines
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    Agora

    . There is a lot of smoke, the streets are wet from the water cannons that were used today to prevent... who take to the streets en masse every Wednesday, constituting one of the most massive demonstrations

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  4. With troika OK pending, 2014 budget sees primary surplus at 1.6 pct of GDP
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    primary surplus for both years was reaffirmed, at 812 million in 2013 and at 2.95 billion in 2014.... Excluding the aforementioned items under EAP rules, gg primary surplus is seen at 812 million (0.4

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  5. Budget execution shows surplus of 811 mln at start of 2014

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    1 billion euros compared to the initial estimate of 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget... the ESA-95 methodology. Thus, the equivalent MoF projection of 812 million under EAP stands at 3.9

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  6. Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems

    EconomyProgramme

    : 310 million on March 6, 348 million on March 13 and 581 million on March 16. The last tranche... remaining 310 million relate to 90 percent of HFSF current cash reserves that until the end of 2015

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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