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  1. Greece worst of 36 countries for patient rights in healthcare
    By Natasha Pantazopoulou/Fosphotos

    Society

    Greek, along with Montenegrin, patients have the lowest level of patient rights and access... and are standard in all Nordic countries. Overall, the Greek system ranks 28th out of 36th in the 2016... addresses access to new drugs as well as antibiotics use. The Greek health service is also fourth worst

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  2. Stocks fall for fifth straight week, edging down 0.8 pct

    Economy

    The Greek equity market continued heading south this week, remaining weak until Thursday amid... the significant challenges that the Greek economy faces as well as the highly unsustainable nature of Greek debt. However, the market rebounded on Friday in the wake of reports of a meeting between Greek

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  3. PPC: The struggling electricity giant dominating bailout talks
    Photo via PPC https://flic.kr/p/9qi65R

    EconomyFeatures

    One of the biggest stumbling blocks in the way of the Greek government and the institutions... Commission (EC) decision in 2008, which makes it obligatory for the Greek state to launch public... this decision. At the end of February, the total capacity in the Greek electricity market stood

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  4. Differences over pension cuts stand in way of technical agreement
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Officially, the Greek government is still holding out hope that it will reach an agreement... agreement (SLA) to be wrapped up. The latest snag in the talks appears to have been created by the Greek... reform in return for this concession from the Greek government. However, Tsakalotos’s letter put

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  5. Greece sees highest tax wedge increase among OECD countries in 2016
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    Economy

    higher than the OECD average figure, which edged down 0.1 pp to 36 percent. The deviation of the Greek... married couple with two children, where the Greek figure stood at 38.3 percent in 2016. This was almost 12.... It is noted though that the Greek figure peaked at 43.2 percent in 2011. It has declined by 3 pp since

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  6. IMF Spring Meetings seen as next waypoint in completion of review
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a staff-level agreement (SLA). This would lead to the prior actions that the Greek government has... if it is satisfied enough to return to the Greek programme with funding and the European Central Bank could decide whether Greek bonds are eligible for its QE programme. Athens believes that the SLA can

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  7. Tsipras focuses on debt relief goal as review resumes in Athens
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the Greek programme resumed in Athens, and used his first televised interview for weeks... and the path to exiting the memorandum and the crisis as major gains for the Greek side. Tsipras stressed... will ratify at the Eurogroup on that day the terms for Greek debt relief. Tsipras said his

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  8. Eurosystem funding down by 535 mln in April, ELA falls for second straight month
    Photos by Dennis Skley via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/qcppmH

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding continued heading south for the 22nd straight month, albeit... the beginning of the year, mostly due to a decline in ECB funding by 5.91 billion, as Greek banks replaced...) related to lower ELA funding. Overall, Greek banks’ Eurosystem funding has been reduced by 67.43

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  9. Full backing for multi-bill from coalition MPs, Tsipras looks to lenders for next step
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The multi-bill of measures agreed between the Greek government and its lenders passed through... and his administration. It is now vital for the Greek premier that the lenders reach an agreement on debt... of the midnight vote that capital controls could be lifted by the end of the year. The Greek government published

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  10. Athens absorbs Eurogroup fallout, hopes for better offer
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    There was a relatively calm reaction from the Greek government on Tuesday following the failure... they were unable to agree on Greek growth projections for the next few decades and the primary... on the table, unchanged, between now and June 15. If that is the case, then the Greek premier will face

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