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Sealing our borders, closing our minds
AgoraWhat is happening on the Greek-Turkish border is, above all, a tragedy for the people who have been... that the inflow of asylum seekers is part of a grand plan to undermine the Greek nation. On social media... contributes to creating hysteria, which limits the policy options available to the Greek PM and his colleagues
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Greece gets EU show of support, emergency funds for migration
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the ongoing border crisis arising from the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Turkish borders. The announcement was made by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after touring the Greek-Turkish... presidency. The top leadership of the EU were on a mission to reassure the Greek government
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Greece recalls ambassador in Austria, waits for EU position on refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece. In a strongly-worded statement, the Greek Foreign Ministry referred to “19th Century... relations with Austria, whose Chancellor Werner Faymann was one of the few public supporters of the Greek... tension. Speaking in Greek Parliament on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras indicated
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Recovery of farming subsidies threatens to widen Greek fiscal gap
EconomyOne day after the completion of the troika’s discussions with the Greek authorities, ahead of the next review due in the second half of September, local media indicate that a European Court... the 600 million euros would result in a fiscal gap or if it could be set off against EU funds. Both
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WEF report highlights weakness of Greek institutions and challenges of recovery
Economythat implemented reforms are starting to pay off, the report stresses that Greece continues to face... to show low-end rankings. The report notes that a structural change of the Greek economy needs
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Confidence vote debate sets tone for Greek political clashes to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe vagueness of the opposition party’s plans to have the majority of Greek public debt written down... still lies some way off for the coalition. In the meantime, PASOK is feeling the strain of being
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Three things to watch out for in today's Greek elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA victory for SYRIZA in the general elections looks certain according to opinion polls but there are three factors to look out for on Sunday that will prove decisive in shaping Greek politics over... convince the discontents within his party to hold off in the expectation of a swift SYRIZA failure
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Greek stocks down 15.2 in first week of trading after market closure
EconomyThe reopening of the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday after a 5-week closure due to the capital controls was accompanied by a sell off exceeding 16 percent on the first trading session. The drop...). Trading activity was subdued due to the restrictions on Greek investors as well as the summer period
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Greek stocks down 2.6 pct on week, banks underperform for fifth straight week
EconomyThe Greek stock market traded in negative territory in most sessions this week with extremely thin volumes, ending the week down 2.6 percent. The budget execution for the 7-month period showed... million this week from 19 million in the previous week. The latter excludes the one-off transaction
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TV permit tender triggers turmoil in Greek judiciary, questions about gov't role
PoliticsGreek Politicstender. The head of Greece’s highest administrative court, Nikos Sakellariou called off the plenary... in order to shape the result. That is certainly the main impression that the Greek public has been left
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