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  1. Economic sentiment and consumer confidence improve in Dec

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . Since the signing of the third bailout programme, it has gained almost 12 points. During the bailout years, Greek ESI reached a high of 104.2 in June 2014 but has been on a downward trend since. Consumer... 11 points to -64.8 in the 8-month period but has recorded gains of 3.7 points since then. During

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  2. A year on, Tsipras's SYRIZA in need of morale boost
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    normal circumstances would have been a fairly routine affair has taken on much greater significance... has been completed. Also in Davos, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem downplayed the debt relief... SYRIZA as the underdog who has had to battle against the Greek and European establishment but is now

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  3. Greece left isolated on migrant crisis, with bailout talks finely poised

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    time, it was revealed that Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar has written to fellow EU leaders to ask... that there has been no discussion of a suspension from Schengen and that this would not be possible anyway... to keep to its commitments. The government, which has been ineffective in putting across its side

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  4. Pressure on Greece to stem migrant flow puts strain on EU ties
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    spots ready by the end of February. Only one, on Lesvos, has been completed so far. The EU hopes... of crossings drop, while the number of migrants reaching Germany has also fallen since Austria became stricter... treated over a crisis it has not caused (which is the prevailing sentiment at the moment) and the EU

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  5. Wide range of exacting issues lie ahead for Greece in first bailout review
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    EconomyProgramme

    in the next few days to begin the first programme review. Although the agenda has not yet been officially.... The government has identified and implemented so far measures yielding 1.2 billion euros, leaving... financing Greece has received so far in the context of the third bailout programme loans of 16 billion

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  6. Gas provides Greece, Cyprus and Israel chance to bolster ties
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Ankara’s spat with Moscow, contact between Turkey and Israel has intensified. Greece is hoping... cooperation between the three countries but it is clear that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has much convincing to do if Israel is going to choose to use Greece as a hub for its gas. It has not gone

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  7. Tsipras caught between social tension and lenders' pressure as talks begin

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    will insist on cuts to existing pensions. The government, including Tsipras, has repeatedly... for a potential deal appears slim at the moment. He has shown no intention so far of reaching out to any... for building consensus or creating a broader coalition. New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised

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  8. Tsipras concerns about EU stance on refugee crisis shared by opposition

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    it has made in meeting the requirements set out by the Commission as part of its Schengen area review... of Macedonia (FYROM) and Bulgaria in Prague on Monday. FYROM has already erected a double fence on its... Mitsotakis has begun his own campaign to ensure that excluding Greece from the Schengen Area

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  9. Negative deposit flow of 1.12 bln in Jan

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    split between social security funds (2.55 billion) and local government (2.33 billion). The BoG has.... Since July, central bank funding has dropped by 19.1 billion until the end of December primarily..., the ECB has lowered the ELA ceiling for Greek banks by a cumulative amount of 19.6 billion euros

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  10. Greeks’ mutual mistrust eases, survey indicates
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    Society

    While the percentage of Greeks who say they trust most people has increased in recent years, Greeks... survey on social capital has found. In the twelve years since a similar survey was conducted, Public..., chambers, NGOs etc, has remained relatively unchanged over the past 2.5 years. About one in five

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