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  1. General government bottom line continues to improve with moderate decrease in arrears

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The government is expected to repay arrears of 7 billion by the end of the year, 1 billion lower than the initial... excluding this item, the bottom line still beats the target on a better than expected budget

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  2. 2014 draft budget: An ambitious fiscal consolidation targeting a primary surplus of 1.6 pct

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    the respective primary surplus figure (0.2 percent of GDP) is marginally lower than the initial target (0.3..., the MoF anticipates that the revenue shortfall of 805 million on a cash basis for 2013 will be more than

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  3. Volunteers try to fill void left by retreating Greek state
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    Society

    million unemployed have been out of a job for more than 12 months and therefore without proper social... by volunteer doctors and other staff who provide medical assistance to more than 4,000 people a year

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  4. House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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    Agora

    to acquire such wealth to purchase this property. In February 2011, more than 1,000 protesters had... is willing to change than anything the troika and its technical teams can conjure up. Facts have

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  5. From soup kitchens to school meals, demand for welfare in Athens is surging
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    Society

    obtaining free meals said they had no income at all, while 11 percent said they earn less than 320 euros... for their children to receive free meals at schools run by the municipality increased more than four times

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  6. Manufacturing PMI slightly down at 47.3 in October

    EconomyProgramme

    attributed to a more marked decrease in new export orders than was observed in August. The output... data and slower than that recorded in September. Despite lower demand for inputs, delivery times

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  7. Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in the opinion polls. However, that support dipped rather than plummeted and with the party now able to argue that it is the victim rather than the perpetrator, the possibility of a bounce in opinion polls

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  8. In clearest statement yet, Tsipras says he'd keep euro
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to leave the single currency than to remain in the euro. He said that in the event of a eurozone exit... in terms of expenditure) than the current one. Nevertheless, his proposals received little attention

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  9. Are Independent Greeks and SYRIZA set to become odd bedfellows?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    elections. Tsipras’s party is polling less than 30 percent at the moment and is likely to require over 40... other option than to explore whether it could work with Independent Greeks, which is still the country

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  10. Greece leads way in cutting spending on healthcare, finds OECD
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    Society

    Greece made the biggest reduction in its healthcare budget of any OECD country between 2009 and 2011, cutting spending by more than 11 percent, according to a report published on Thursday. The OECD’s... of improving health than spending money once a disease takes root. However, prevention expenditures

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