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Tsipras caught between social tension and lenders' pressure as talks begin
PoliticsGreek Politicswill 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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Tsipras concerns about EU stance on refugee crisis shared by opposition
PoliticsForeign Policyit 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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Negative deposit flow of 1.12 bln in Jan
EconomyMacroeconomysplit 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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Greeks’ mutual mistrust eases, survey indicates
SocietyWhile 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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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammeof 190 in 2016. The tax has not been implemented so far due to deliberations between the Finance...), with targeted revenues at 100 million. But the VLT launch has been delayed and it is not yet known when... measures. Also, Greece has to identify measures yielding a total of 1 percent of GDP (0.75 percent coming
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EU meets on refugee crisis, bailout review but Greece's immediate fate seems sealed
PoliticsForeign Policyin the country for weeks or months. The Greek government has been preparing public opinion... through other routes, such as Albania, thereby also reducing the numbers Greece has to deal with on its... be resettled, as well as Turkey accepting migrants returned from Greece. Bailout review There has been
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Greek teenagers' behaviour charted
Societyfriendships and activities has found. Conducted by the Athens-based University Mental Health... one in five (19.2 percent) has one or two close friends. Their friends are often the best.... The prevalence of mobiles and social media, however, has not replaced personal contact, with 68.3
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Greece banking on Turkish cooperation in refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policyas a genuine moment of gratitude given that Tsipras’s government has supported Turkey’s EU aspirations... with Turkey as the closure of the Balkan route has left it with few other viable options for reducing the number of refugees in the country. In fact, Athens has more to lose if the deal fails
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Programme review talks continue, progress on tax, pensions and NPLs at a premium
EconomyProgramme, the government has proposed the introduction of an additional tax rate of 40 percent for income above... with 15-20 working years. The initial government red line of “no cuts to pensions” has been replaced... be an agreement on NPL sales. He noted that the government has proposed loans to SMEs and the self
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Greece and lenders hold inconclusive talks on tax and pensions
EconomyProgrammehas to be lowered to 7-8,000 euros, while the government has counter-proposed a lower drop to around..., an agreement on the taxation of farmers is still pending. The government has reportedly proposed two
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