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  1. Tsipras raises debt relief at UN but refugee crisis may prove more pressing issue

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    rather than debt relief or attracting investment. Refugee crisis Tsipras mentioned the refugee crisis... by the fact that, according to IOM, less than 34,500 thousand people arrived in Greece by sea during the host of last year. This was less than one fifth of the total number of arrivals in Europe

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  2. Benefits and banana skins for Greece in EU-Turkey refugee deal
    Photo via EU External Action Service

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    on Brussels on Monday and appear to offer potential relief for Greece. Rather than adopt the draft... the hope that the influx from Turkey will be reduced significantly, making the problem more... directly from Turkey rather than Greece. Apart from the reluctance of many member states to consider

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  3. Tsipras gets full support in pension and income tax vote, moves on to Eurogroup
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , mostly increases to indirect taxes, which will not be pleasant but should not pose a major problem given... to focus on spending cuts rather than tax hikes if he comes to government. Tsipras admitted to being under..., rather than an indiscriminate mechanism triggering cuts in all ministries, and to be legislated now

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  4. With review completion in sight, which way next for Greece?
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    Agora

    Kammenos to walk out over a reference by Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas to “Macedonia” rather than... in indirect taxes) should not pose a problem. There may be some reservations in the government’s ranks over... to take corrective action. Given that more than 80 percent of public spending in Greece

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  5. Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    Agora

    needed to bailout the eurozone countries, with Athens taking up almost 250 billion euros (more than... with them than about what the future holds. Surveying the current lay of the land, one sees... for a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public

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  6. Timetable set for multi-bill vote, Athens hopes for debt progress in meantime
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the measures. Putting on his political hat, rather than the institutional one, the SYRIZA MP claimed that New Democracy would have a bigger problem during the vote than the government because it has said... that will be considered and a broad pledge, at best, rather than a detailed plan to make Greece’s debt sustainable

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  7. Trash dispute troubles SYRIZA ahead of political lull
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    forceful than an independently-organised anti-government protest earlier in the week. Representatives... found itself having to deal with such a political hot potato. It has made the problem worse... in the government’s attempt to present itself as cleaner than previous administrations. Tranche and arrears

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  8. Some relief for coalition but bold claims about programme exit a concern
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on to other matters. Another problem that also seems to have been resolved is the fate of the three foreign... at lower rates than the New Democracy-led administration did in 2014 and make a clean exit from the programme in 2018, rather than with the support of a credit line (ECCL) like the ones the lenders

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  9. The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
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    EconomyFeatures

    of Greek olive oil is exported to Europe, rather than new markets like India, China or America. Crucially... of the olive press is where the problem lies. Over 60 percent of what Greece produces is immediately... - rather than export bulk olive oil at wholesale prices, Greece should process its product, package

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  10. The race to reduce Greece's bad loans

    EconomyBanking

    Greece’s bank executives is fully aware of the complicated problem of reducing NPLs and the country’s..., 1.3 billion lower than the target of 93.6 billion. NPL stock came to 63.9 billion, landing exactly... NPLs came to 35 billion euros, around 600 million lower than the target. Residential NPLs landed

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