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In clearest statement yet, Tsipras says he'd keep euro
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has attempted to clear up any doubts – at least outside of the country... towards clearing up the matter. It also resonates at home, where Tsipras is not as absolute in his... for failing to clear up confusion about how it would fund its plans for greater public spending. In Texas
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Last man standing
Agora“tearing up the memorandum” during the ensuing debate. It seems perplexing that Tsipras should... number of Greeks becoming disenchanted with their lot and increasingly fed up with the government’s... to come. A failure to address this very quickly will only set SYRIZA up for a very big fall if it comes
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New Democracy and SYRIZA draw battle lines for European elections
PoliticsGreek Politicspoliticians made up only a small part of the candidate lists. This reflected an attempt by both camps... to use this during their campaign as evidence that they intend to live up to their pledge to put right... dismissed the government's move as an attempt to influence voters in the run-up to the elections
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In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
AgoraGreece and double the average in the European Union. The European Commission has set up a 6-billion-euro... trap’ where higher educated workers end up in semi- or un-skilled entry jobs while crowding out... twelve months, amounting to 134,500 youngsters that either gave up searching or left the country
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Bond issued for capital support of Greek banks in 2009 reaches maturity
Economybill (Law 3723/2008). This consisted of two pillars: The first related to capital enhancement of up to 5 billion euros. The second involved guarantees of up to 23 billion euros in two separate plans... up to 85 billion and is currently the key collateral that Greek banks use for Eurosystem funding
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Greek Tourism Association sees tourist arrivals rising to 19 mln for 2014
EconomyMacroeconomythe top destination with 3.82 million scheduled visitors (up 17 percent), followed by Rhodes at 3.02 million (up 14 percent) and Thessaloniki at 1.74 million (up 40 percent). The top-4 countries
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In the absence of light, darkness grows
Agoraof Greek politics. Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn went up from 6.9 percent to 9.4 percent, ultranationalist..., snubbing justice and, when all else failed, attempting to cosy up to Golden Dawn and adopt some of its... end up - as we did on Wednesday - with Golden Dawn’s version of the Nazi Party’s Horst Wessel Song
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsdays after Greece returned to international markets sent yields up and forced the Finance Ministry..., Theoharis announced his department’s action plan, which included a stepping up for checks, fines... governments have tended to relax tax collection measures in the build-up to elections. While Theoharis quit
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Coalition adopts court ruling that restores judges' pay, others poised to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsreturning to the same level as June 2012, when they were slashed by up to around a quarter. The new... the coalition having to come up with as much as 650 million euros. If this amount is to be paid out during 2014... decision was published after the fiscal plan was drawn up. Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras
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EU Task Force sees progress on reforms and structural funds in Greece
EconomyProgramme(IfG) last December, the report acknowledges that an IfG Debt-Sub-Fund for SMEs was set up in May... for exports has been reduced with exporters reporting a decrease in time of up to 50 percent... further decreased the cost of starting up a business and the taxes for transferring property
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