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The men who would be prime ministers
AgoraThere has been much consternation in Greece over the last few years about the economy’s inability to grow and produce sectors that can flourish. The country’s politicians have come up with a unique... the matter of a few months, Tsipras also had to eat his words. Vows to tear up the existing bailout
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Bailout talks resume with key issues pending and contingency measures emerging
EconomyProgrammea proposal apparently made by the institutions for contingent measures of up to 2 percent of GDP (3.6 billion... in the contributions for supplementary pensions by up to 1.5 percentage points, cuts in pensions (sum
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Societyin 2011, 35 in 2012, only to reach 21 in 2014. With women making up just over three-thirds of its... Slovenia (81 percent) and Latvia (80 percent). Women also made up 71 percent of judges at second instance
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Primary cash surplus widens to 2.85 bln in Q1
EconomyMacroeconomyin February (+23 percent) led the Q1 figure up 8.4 percent to 10.89 billion. Expenditure fell 6.2... on April 15 a primary surplus of 2.68 billion euros in Q1 with net revenues up 3.6 percent to 10.95
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Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthink we have to give a signal that something has changed and now it is up to us to take a step... in order to wrap up the review in the coming days. If anything, the European Commission president’s
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Significant fall in migrant arrivals but camp conditions a growing concern
PoliticsGreek Politicsis that the agreement may not hold up for much longer if Turkey feels the EU is not keeping up its side
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Failure to agree on contingent measures causes further delay in conclusion of review
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the process being wrapped up now seeming to be an extra Eurogroup next week or the next scheduled one on May... to achieve up to an extra 2 percent of GDP in adjustments being rejected. Athens has again singled out
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Tension rises in Greece but creditors see potential for agreement soon
PoliticsGreek Politicsup hope of finding common ground with its lenders, even if that may lead to more concessions from... of unrest within SYRIZA. This has pushed up the levels of anxiety within Greece about the possibility
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Greece looks for support as expectations for May 9 Eurogroup lowered
PoliticsGreek Politicson the creditors’ side are in no hurry to wrap up the talks since Athens is in no imminent danger of running out... agency on Monday that Athens will make efforts in the coming days to drum up support for its positions
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Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures making up the basic package of measures agreed between Athens and the institutions having... up to the vote, their impact was relatively limited. Instead, the prospect of having to vote – under
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