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  1. Tsipras encounters obstacle in efforts to secure church deal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    an agreement with the Church of Greece to settle a number of longstanding disputes, the Holy Synod met... on board. Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis took the unusual step of suggesting that Archbishop

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  2. US amendment on Turkish jets adds new factor in Athens-Ankara ties
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    the Turkish president met with Italian and French leaders in Brussels last week, Turkish diplomatic... of the map. But the Turkish president has been silent on the matter so far. This is quite unusual

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  3. PM pursues strategy of deterrence and dialogue on Kastellorizo and Cairo visits
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    , where he met President Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi in El Alamein, followed by a trilateral meeting with Cypriot... Ankara with unusual clarity. “Greece threatens no one and seeks stability through functional relations

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  4. Are hirings in the public sector out of control?
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    EconomyFeatures

    the increases, and are they likely to improve the quality of public services? To answer... that that they fulfil real needs that are not being met by permanent staff, who were the actual recipients... or the quality of the appointees, such practices would undeniably compromise the overall quality of public

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  5. When the refugee crisis met the bailout review

    Agora

    After weeks of dancing around the issue, it seems that Greece and its lenders have started, even tangentially, to link the refugee crisis and the pending bailout review. So far, publicly the Greek government has not sought to establish a connection betw...

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  6. Draft budget sees stronger growth, fiscal targets being met
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Finance Ministry (MoF) tabled on Monday in Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee the 2018 draft budget, which contains its fiscal estimates as well as the underlying macro assumptions. The MoF expects that the improvement in economic confidence du...

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  7. Strong investor demand for 7-year bond, yield settles at record low of 1.9 pct
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    Economy

    to the capital markets in 2017. The bond was met with high quality participation as 89 percent came... settled at 1.9 percent. An hour later, given the size and quality of orders, the transaction was set... and a yield of 3.6 percent. The new issue matures on April 2, 2024. The January issue was met

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  8. Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015

    Newsletters

    banks’ 2014 financial results was the deterioration of the quality of their Greek loan portfolios... in NPL formation in the fourth quarter of 2014, the deterioration of the asset quality accelerated... an additional provision buffer of around 1.8 billion euros for the asset quality deterioration

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  9. Government accused of fiasco over launch of non-state universities
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    undershot its promises. Reports say just a handful of institutions met the conditions to be granted... qualifications of dubious quality”. The opposition has also criticised the quality of the foreign educational... interests rather than by a desire to improve the quality of education. Kövesi attack

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  10. Opening the electricity market and possible introduction of "Small PPC" as part of bailout review

    Legal

    that the aforementioned targets for the reduction of the market share of PPC are not met. Apart from...) finds that there is a significant gap between the targets set and the ones met, the Energy..., depending on whether they have met or exceeded these targets. Given the above, it is highly probable

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