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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the equation, Merkel has taken the matter back to square one and the troika's return to Athens... this time, this option appears to be off the table. What other sources can Greece find to meet the troika's... in general remains sensitive and is one of the areas of disagreement between Athens and the troika
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Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism - a review
Agorathe authorities fail to collect from its better off citizens. Streeck highlights the extensive capital... for the new European Parliament in May. One still wonders why this is only happening now, so late... is rather out of the question. The eurozone currently faces the very real risk of moving from disinflation
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Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe policy points he set out in September during a speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair. One... of Greece’s debt to be written off “using methods that would not cause losses for the peoples of Europe.” He... on one later this month. Tsipras spent much of his speech going over the economic programme he presented
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Between heaven and hell
Agorahave to plan your week around visits to the ATM. One visit may not be enough to pay a bill or to cover the shopping costs for a week so those chores have to be put off until the next day, or the one... calmly is an incredible sight. The one thing that is immediately noticeable is the silence. Few people
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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
), one of two prior actions that the Euro Summit statement of July 12 stated should be transposed... is that this transaction could kick off a round of consolidation of Greek banks’ subsidiaries abroad and further... banks by another 900 million for one week. A similar decision by the ECB on July 16 was the first
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Assessing the health of Greek banks' loan portfolios
EconomyBankingin 2013 and 2012 respectively. One-in-three corporate loans and almost one-in-two of consumer loans were... also noted that the NPE ratios for sole proprietors and very small businesses as well as for SMEs... of Greek banks’ second quarter results has been postponed by one month until the end of September
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
deficit and state finances heading off the rails, Papandreou continued to sue for snap polls. He... was implementing an agreement similar to the one he had chased Papandreou out of town for. Within two years, Samaras had lost one of his coalition partners, suffered a defeat in the European Parliament
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agoraand state finances heading off the rails, Papandreou continued to sue for snap polls. He got them... an agreement similar to the one he had chased Papandreou out of town for. Within two years, Samaras had lost one of his coalition partners, suffered a defeat in the European Parliament elections and seen
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The enemy within
Agora. However, Kyritsis then added his opinion that those who backed the Yes vote were generally better off... he the one who has to serve all these people, recognising that there were also many low-income...-austerity party to one that has accepted the implementation of the third memorandum of understanding
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The reflection in Golden Dawn's mirror
Agorajust a few minutes but presented us with a useful snapshot of Greek political life. Firstly, one... institutions in Greece was needed, there it was. In the very “temple of democracy,” the means... 235 MPs voted in favour of cutting off state funding to the extremist party, there has been
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