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Off the isles of Greece
Agoraare being left largely unaided to deal with a problem that has to do with the EU as a whole. Last year... this into account, though, nothing can excuse treating the people who arrive here as anything less than... anything less than this is to demean this tragic event. Even so, this week’s events leave a feeling
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Troika returning to Greece but key decisions still months away
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan fiscal. Greece is expected to produce a larger-than-expected primary surplus for 2013. Prime... politically damaging for the government than the consequences Schaeuble is said to fear of not agreeing a new.... This is the biggest political problem for the Greek government as it had invested heavily in the hope
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Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
PoliticsGreek Politicschange in legislation comes as a result of Athens reportedly agreeing to adopt more than 75 percent... of the 300 seats in Greek Parliament so this is threatening to grow into a general storm rather than... of six Golden Dawn MPs means that a maximum of 148, rather than 151 votes, would be needed to pass
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Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
Agoraby more than 20 percent. Greece’s labour market has been devastated, like no other in any modern crisis... years will be reduced by over 1 pp for every pp of growth. The problem here though...) and packaging is expected to bring in 315,000 jobs, which is an increase of more than 70 percent from
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politicsguard because his name was not among more than half a dozen that had been linked with the post over... of 4.19 billion euros (2.3 percent of GDP) in 2014, 0.8 percentage points higher than Economic... in Q2 and Q3. At the same time, the lack of liquidity remains a problem, especially with non-performing
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Finance Ministry challenges SYRIZA's plans for economy, ups cost
Economy. The document notes that the key problem for Greece’s economy lies with the supply rather than the demand side. “If the country’s production capacity is not improved, than the increase in demand would..., more than double the 11.38 billion projected by SYRIZA. The deviation of almost 16 billion euros
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2014 is not 2012
Agorapowerful and convincing than the fearsome IMF. As Greece's latest review drags on after a series... with this problem in the near-term anyway, since these state guarantees will no longer be eligible for financing... than 18 billion for interbank repos. There is the possibility of redesigning liquidity operations
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
Agorastagnation, seem far more important than the loss associated with the debt restructuring. The second key point of SYRIZA's electoral agenda is the abandonment of austerity that, albeit less stringent than... to address the problem of unsustainable debt, so far hidden under the rug, and to finally acknowledge
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As negotiations start, Greek coalition draws confidence from public opinion
PoliticsGreek Politics, compared to between 11 and 12 billion euros in January. We also understand that outflows are at less than... missed their target by 900 million euros but he insisted that there is not a serious problem... indicates that support for the government stands at 59 percent, which is much higher than the combined
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The faces change, the issues remain the same
AgoraForeign Minister Euclid Tsakalotos – the new head of the “political negotiation” team - than being... in a more positive light than Varoufakis by many European officials, and replaced the finance minister... to swallow it easily either way. And this is where the problem really lies. This is about the substance
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