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  1. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    Agora

    For two successive years, China has been Germany’s most important trading partner. In 2017, the trade volume between both countries reached 186,6 billion euro. Germany’s second most important trading partner was The Netherlands with 177 billion euro, fo...

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  2. Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016

    Newsletters

    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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  3. The refugee crisis and the beast within
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    Agora

    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 was something you could hunt and kill!” says the fly-infested head. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part

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  4. In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
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    Agora

    A double degree in communication from Paris and Madrid universities, and a master’s in cultural policy at a prestigious British institution may have been enough for getting a job a decade ago in Spain but not now. Laura, 25 and unemployed for one year, ...

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  5. Podcast - Riding into the danger zone: Greece gets new jets

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    Greece recently received the first six state-of-the art fighter jets it has ordered from France, hoping that their arrival marks the start of an upgrade of its military capabilities, but also an improvement in its geopolitical standing. The Rafale plane...

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  6. Greece courts danger
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    Agora

    This could go down as the week that Greek justice took over from Liz Truss as the world’s briefest joke. It would be funny if it wasn’t so worrying. On Tuesday, Greece’s Supreme Court announced the findings of a preliminary 9-month investigation into th...

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  7. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  8. Athens blocks EU statement on China amid growing economic ties
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to Athens, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his government is willing to further enhance

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  9. Turkey: Multiple policy challenges from all directions
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    Agora

    with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi when he visited Ankara at the end of March, stressing

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  10. Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the interim government formed by Lucas Papademos in late 2011, also sprang a surprise by gaining

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