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Coalition starts to feel backlash from latest round of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 6 percent on tuition classes, rather than a 23 percent rate across-the-board as had initially been... that the government may opt to increase road tax, which is due at the end of this year, in order... the cost across a greater section of the population than adding hundreds of euros to the schooling costs
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Portugal and Greece: The opposite ends of Europe’s southern periphery
Agora, in liaison with the European Central Bank (ECB), conducts regular review missions to Portugal in order... in the course of the past five years more than half a million young, well-educated citizens through..., after more than five years of recession in both countries, these industries can no longer generate
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Fitch affirms Greece’s rating, projects GDP to contract 0.3 pct in 2015
Economy. In addition, the rating agency views the order of magnitude of fiscal tightening less than that seen... on quarter was significantly shallower than its forecast and projects a recession of 0.3 percent
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A third of young Greeks would consider emigrating to escape economic problems
Societyin Greece were late paying more than two bills. “The absolutely most common reason stated for being... “three in ten have had to borrow money in order to pay their bills. Of these, the most common sources... their bank.” These are among the findings presented in the report, an annual survey in which more than
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Greece and the IMF: An everlasting love-hate relationship
Agoraissues, the fund is a harder taskmaster than the European lenders. “The fund’s position... intervention in the country’s debt rather than just tinkering around the edges. The fiscal and economic... did not show the kind of flexibility he had hoped in order to conclude the review. Samaras and his
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No one has won in Spain
Agorathe government but also the legislative and has even manipulated the judiciary in order to hide... the result of the elections was completely different than in the rest of Spain. The PP is bordering... a simple majority; more yeas than nays. But both PP and PSOE have enough nays to prevent either of them
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Tsakalotos confident on meeting fiscal targets, sees capital controls being gradually relaxed
EconomyProgrammethat was approved at the end of last year is much stricter than before in order to enhance their transparency... programme review would be easier than the previous one since the bulk of the required fiscal measures has
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Greece treads carefully, hoping to avoid blowback from failed coup in Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyand concern, although Athens has more reason than most to be wary of what ramifications the botched... tone with respect to Greece than Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had done in the wake of the news... the constitutional order and the military coup attempt in Turkey · Athens should express its strong
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Tsipras tries to push snap election talk off political agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the near future (out of choice rather than to avoid suffering further damage) appears slim... in areas other than the negotiations with the lenders and the performance of the economy... few weeks, New Democracy is expected to focus on law and order, as well as the refugee crisis, in its
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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe project to unite PASOK and To Potami in order to create a dynamic third force in Greek politics... faces is highlighted by the fact that he is only slightly more popular than Tsipras (19.5 percent... to set out at the Thessaloniki International Fair will be more convincing than the one Tsipras is due
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