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  1. Latest hooliganism crackdown greeted by mixture of anger and scepticism
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government’s response to the latest hooliganism incident has managed to anger the country’s top football clubs while questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the measures. Following the serious injury of a riot policeman by a flare fired outside a sports event last weekend, Prime

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  2. Access to finance remains far bigger problem for Greek SMEs compared to euro area peers

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the lowest and well below the euro area average of 17 percent. On a scale of 1 – 10, Greek SMEs... it remains the highest in the euro area, above the average which stands below 5. SMEs in Greece also... area average was close to zero, in Greece it was 29 percent (down from 35 percent. Meanwhile

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  3. Greece, creditors seek progress at Eurogroup on key differences holding up review
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    EconomyProgramme

    noted that the key area of divergence is over the reduction of the single property tax (ENFIA

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  4. Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    as Chevron’s decision to submit a proposal for two blocks south of Crete despite the Turkey-Libya... constitutes de facto recognition of Greece’s sovereign rights in the area. “The entry of Chevron... spatial planning (MSF) last April, but since then is trying to leverage its footprint in Libya

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  5. Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016

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    populists and nationalists to step in, holding the EU up as a convenient target for this festering anger... that for the non-euro area countries plummeted 27.6 percent. The sharp fall largely reflects... the UK was holding its Leave/Remain referendum on the same day. “For now,” I replied. We laughed

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  6. After signing EastMed pipeline pact, Athens aims to tackle Turkey challenge

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    memoranda with the Tripoli-based government in Libya. Officials in Athens stress, however... mainland through a sea area that Ankara claims belongs to Turkey. The agreement is based, however... following Turkey's intervention in Libya, the message to Ankara in the joint statement they issued

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  7. A busy year of diplomacy for Athens, but Greek-Turkish ties stagnate
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    countries. But it also accomplished a rapprochement with Libya. Greece’s decision to extend its... an agreement with Italy for the extension of the 1977 agreement on the continental shelf in the same area... was its rapprochement with Libya. That was accomplished with numerous visits by Greek officials, including

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  8. Loan and deposit rates edge down in May but remain above euro area average

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    deposit rate is gradually falling, it remains more than 100 bps above the respective euro-area average... corporate lending rates contracted in May, they remain well above the euro area average rates, by 3

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  9. Among euro area SMEs, Greeks face most problems with access to finance

    Economy

    in their need for bank loans (25 percent), which is five times the euro area average. Although bank... requirements for SMEs in Greece remain the highest in the euro area. Overall, SMEs in Greece identified high

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  10. PM briefs EU leaders on migration stance as Turkey tries to pin blame on Greece
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    forces in a sea area that is disputed by the Turkey-Libya memorandum. Greece is also trying... that Turkey has usually interpreted it. Libya There is a possibility of a ceasefire in Libya within the next.... But, according to government spokesman Steffen Seibert, Merkel told Haftar that the situation in Libya

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