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Newsletter 117 - 05/05/2017
the agreed measures around the middle of this month. Specifically, the government has committed to making... has also decided to give his lawmakers a helping hand by ensuring that each counter-measure... of the package when the ballot takes place, most likely on May 16 or 17, once Tsipras has returned from
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Greeks most sceptical in EU about country's future, their voice counting in Europe
Societyis taking and the Irish the most positive, a European Parliament survey has found. Only a paltry five... had the lowest rate of all member states. As regards the question whether EU membership has been good for Greece, 34 percent of Greeks agree that it has, 32 percent that it hasn’t (both up three
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Timetable set for multi-bill vote, Athens hopes for debt progress in meantime
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the discussions on debt relief, has become clearer. It was revealed on Monday that the omnibus bill.... There has, however, been a request from former minister and SYRIZA MP Tassia Christodoulopoulou... Democracy would have a bigger problem during the vote than the government because it has said
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Greece tries to navigate through uncertainty in Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe political crisis in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has been a cause..., triggering a political crisis in the country. The Greek government’s initial reaction has been.... Yee's meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov, who has directly opposed the formation of a government
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Eurosystem funding down by 535 mln in April, ELA falls for second straight month
EconomyMacroeconomyof stabilisation of private deposit flows. Eurosystem funding has dropped by 7.47 billion euros since... review, the central bank funding has been slashed by 36.56 billion euros, with the bulk (22.71 billion) related to lower ELA funding. Overall, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 67.43
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Church, democracy and the evil eye: survey reveals Greeks' beliefs
SocietyA Pew Research Centre survey looking into the religious beliefs of Eastern Europeans has painted a detailed picture of the role and influence the Greek Orthodox Church has in the Greeks’ lives.... Abortion has been legal in Greece since 1984, but 45 percent of those surveyed said abortion should
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The SEKAP case and extrajudicial debt restructuring
Legalspecific conditions has been the cause of much discussion. The government has been accused of integrating... of the Treaty. As the Greek State has not submitted the above provision to the European Commission before
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Athens goes over energy plans, eyes enhanced role
PoliticsForeign Policythe last 12 months, approximately 49 percent of TAP’s project route in Greece and Albania has been... through the diversification of sources and routes. The project design capacity has been upgraded... Yiannis Maniatis said he has come to the conclusion that, “The current government seems eager
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Office prices rebound 0.6 pct in 2016 for first time since 2010, retail space prices edge down 0.4 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyreading since H2 2013. Since the low of 70.9 in H2 2014, it has rebounded modestly by 1 percent... price index of 101.6 was recorded in H1 2010. Since then, the index has dipped by 29.8 percent... of 100.7 in H1 2010, the retail space rent index has plummeted by 38.3 percent. The rebound in H2 fully
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Full backing for multi-bill from coalition MPs, Tsipras looks to lenders for next step
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat dominant position that Tsipras has within his party after he convinced both party members and MPs... are deeply unpopular and that this has already taken a toll on his government’s ratings. He will want... to an arrangement on debt relief, if not on Monday then by early June. The government still has its eye
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