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Under pressure to justify existence, To Potami goes to congress
PoliticsGreek Politics. The other options for the party are to be swallowed up by New Democracy or to seek a centre-left... on Saturday, with the latter expected to talk up the prospects for an alliance between her party
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The refugee crisis and the beast within
AgoraAs symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast..., while neo-Nazi Golden Dawn has also sensed an opportunity to stir things up. Until recently
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Greece, eurozone edge closer on pensions and fiscal gap but IMF keeps bar high
EconomyProgrammesees a fiscal gap of 4-5 percent of GDP (up to 8.8 billion) by 2018 and as Poul Thomsen... the pension cuts imposed in 2012. This is estimated up to 2 percent of GDP or 3.7 billion euros
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Benefits and banana skins for Greece in EU-Turkey refugee deal
PoliticsForeign Policythe humanitarian crisis that would be caused by the build-up of refugees in Greece, Monday’s scheme offers Athens... to do this and numbers start building up in Greece, it will be seen as an exclusively Greek failure
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Greece banking on Turkish cooperation in refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policyexception to the positive mood at the meeting was Tsipras bringing up Turkish violations of Greek air space... that the declaration against Greece will be lifted once Athens announces it will not take up its right
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EU-Turkey refugee plan: One for one and none for all
Agorato diffuse within the EU (although most ended up in Germany) by letting them register in Greece... is held up by the customary bureaucracy in Brussels. The latest plan also places a new kind... raised serious doubts about the safety and legality of sending back asylum seekers en masse to Turkey
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Greece braces for complex EU-Turkey summit on refugee plan
PoliticsForeign Policyneighboring country. The Greek government has been preparing for challenges that may crop up during... to make it quick and efficient. “It's up to the Hellenic authorities to organize this,” he said
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Brussels attacks prompt fears in Athens over handling of refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policyand there appears no let-up in the flows from Turkey. This prompted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call German... forces being deployed on Albania’s border with Greece if smugglers try to open up the “Adriatic
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Credit contraction accelerates to 2.3 pct in Feb, loan deductions of almost 400 mln
EconomyMacroeconomy. The breakdown by segment showed corporate lending balances edged up to 96.1 billion in February with deductions...-performing exposure (NPE) ratio edged up to 43.6 percent in September from 39.9 percent at the end
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New Democracy sticks by snap polls call as gov't looks to probe, tender for relief
PoliticsGreek Politicsended up being beaten to the punch by New Democracy. The government’s proposals was table... reforms and tax hikes, so New Democracy seems intent on countering this by keeping up the strong criticism
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