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  1. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    Agora

    ) in official accommodation in Greece, there are more than 12,500 people on island hotspots when the capacity is for just under 7,500, there are currently more than 100 refugees arriving each day.... In the wake of the deal being signed, arrivals dropped to less than 50 a day. In recent weeks

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  2. Newsletter 98 - 02/12/2016

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    is still the country’s greatest problem. Tsakalotos also insisted that Athens would not back down on its.... Rather than the criticism of his decision to fly to Havana, Tsipras will probably have been more... higher than last year’s figure of 3.05 billion, which is also attributed to the ongoing loan

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  3. IMF sets out its stall as review deliberations resume in Athens
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    Greece exempts more than half of taxpayers from paying taxes. This compares to an average of just 8 percent in the eurozone. The tax-free threshold stands at 8,750 euros in Greece and is higher than... is “far from sufficient to address the scale of the problem,” the IMF says. Commenting on the argument

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  4. Greek demographic ratios among the worst in Europe
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    to compensate for the number of deaths in less than a third of EU states. It also points to the gulf.... However, a much more significant problem is that of aging populations. Across Europe, the report notes that more people leave the labour market to retire than young people enter it to replace them

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  5. ND keeps eye on upcoming local elections amid ongoing complaints about wildfires

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    winter sets in. The opposition parties dismissed the meeting as little more than a public relation stunt, during which the government simply confirmed measures that would be taken anyway rather than... that the failings in the response to the threat posed by forest fires is part of a broader problem to do

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  6. (Dis)Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union
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    Agora

    . But it took more than two years to complete that task. While all countries in the region, except Kosovo... mandate until a new Parliament was convened, which happened in December 2019." The problem is further... Balkan countries. The example of Croatia has shown that the path to the EU is more important than any

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  7. Amid fog of confusion, Greeks vote... again
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    Agora

    gripped the Greek public. Most voters are savvy enough to understand that SYRIZA is not “purer than... 2012 and 2014 as he held the institutional, rather than the political, role of parliamentary speaker... have been in government since late 2011 – more than one a year – while about 30 parties have been

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  8. In Erdogan's shadow
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    Agora

    and freedoms in his country. The problem for Tsipras, and those that went before him, is that Erdogan is fully aware that he is in the box-seat. The Turkish president is also a much better negotiator than his... to reallocate them from its soil rather than having traffickers heaving them across the Aegean to Lesvos

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  9. Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    expects the surplus to be higher than the IMF’s projections, thereby strengthening the Greek... for 2015, which is substantially better than the 0.6 percent primary deficit that the IMF expects... now rather than when targets are missed), although he indicated the Commission would be willing

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  10. Newsletter 89 - 23/09/2016

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    to outbid established TV channels and businessmen by offering more than 50 million euros for a permit... that Christos Kalogritsas has been granted more than 120 million euros in loans by Attica Bank, around half... of events has provided Tsipras with a new type of problem to solve in the coming days. Primary surplus

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