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  1. Greece’s 14–29s: Ambitious, anxious and lacking trust
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    Society

    suspect corruption in examinations and grading, with more than half agreeing that grades and exams can... opinions. Social networks are the most popular online activity, with more than 80% of respondents saying they spend more than half an hour every day on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

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  2. An issue of statistical significance in Greece

    Agora

    deficit for that year should have been just under 4 percent of GDP, rather than the final figure..., was pumped up so it would be bigger than Ireland’s, which was 14.3 percent, and therefore the biggest... of Greece’s fiscal derailment in 2009. If for no other reason than that it is important to appreciate

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  3. Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not

    Economy

    rather than war.” What are the factors preventing the release of Greece’s next loan tranche? Greece still... to find out if the government has found a way to settle more than 500 million euros of state debts... surplus of more than 2.8 billion euros. Shortly after the draft budget was produced, European

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  4. When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
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    Agora

    is happening at an uninterrupted pace for more than two years now. Put otherwise, since the beginning of 2011... the past three years. According to the Central Bank of Greece unit labor costs have declined by more than... on a sustainable increase of its depositor base. Recovering the loss of more than 30 per cent of customers

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  5. Newfound variety helps Greek winemakers enjoy exports boost

    Society

    . In 2012, exports reached more than 26,000 tons with a value of almost 40 million euros, making... importers of Greek goods overall, accounts for more than 40 percent of Greek strawberry exports... million euros in 2008 to 66.2 million euros last year. This improvement has been based on much more than

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  6. Greece in 2014: Where are we?
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    Agora

    . For example, how can the primary surplus be the standard bearer for "Grecovery" when more than 3... has widened to nearly 10 billion euros and less than half of the funds allocated for social... this rather than the much-vaunted export boost that the country's internal devaluation programme

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  7. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    of speculation about how targets will be met. This time the focus is on the structural rather than fiscal side... experiencing Greece rather than the inside of a hotel or meeting room will tell you it is easier to find a pharmacy than a super market or convenience store. The argument that OTC medicines need

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  8. Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
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    Agora

    fund to sell its shares in lenders for less than Greek taxpayers paid for them - it overshadowed... motion to Parliament last November - when little was at stake - rather than in June 2013, when... to their nationalist agenda rather than the national interest, the leftists called for the resignation

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  9. Building activity continues to crumble, falling by 20.7 pct in Feb

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    percent respectively, more than 10 percentage points greater than the country average. Building activity... declined by 24.2 percent, which was slightly lower than the country average. Attica’s share of total... that is three times higher than the GDP contraction over the same period. The evolution of housing loans

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  10. Greece stuck in the long tunnel of political transition
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    Agora

    alliance took just over 8 percent of the vote. It was slightly more than expected but PASOK still attracted about 300,000 voters fewer than it did in the national elections of June 2012. This, along... about SYRIZA dragging Greece back to the dark ages rather than about the government pulling the country

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