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  1. Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016

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    on the fence around a new transit centre for refugees that has been created in the Schisto area of Athens... and social conflict is much larger. As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord... of the government. Tsipras has proposed holding a meeting of party leaders’ before he heads to the crucial March 7

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  2. The refugee crisis and the beast within
    Photo via Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/

    Agora

    centre for refugees that has been created in the Schisto area of Athens. Similar incidents have taken...As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. New data shows 6.2 pct of Greek labour force in gray area
    Photo by Harry van Versendaal

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . This represents 6.2 percent of the labour force and creates a grey area between full employment and inactivity

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  10. Greek loan rates remained well above euro area average in October

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    area rate. This month’s change reversed the sharp drop of 44 bps recorded in September

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