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Vast majority of Athens homeless ended up on streets during crisis
Societya fifth lived with their families. One in ten are former prisoners. Of the non-Greek nationals.... One fifth of the total homeless (21.7 percent) said they had lost their home in the last year... to be restricted, one 51-year-old male interviewee told the researchers. Seven in ten are rough sleepers
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Crisis management policy: the sad lesson of the Greek case
Agoraassets with further foreign investment. One interesting idea tabled early on in the bailout period... potential by about three percent – on average of one percent a year – in the three year period from... percent per annum could be too optimistic. And growth rates of around one percent or less is all too
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Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016
, “easily one of the most ill-conceived and profoundly damaging political events of Britain’s post-war... of reform with pain. “I want to reconcile reforms with progress,” he said. One might argue... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall
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From Berlin to Brexit
Agorathe decades. It was, as Jeremy Cliffe put it in his Bagehot column in The Economist, “easily one of the most... the idea of reform with pain. “I want to reconcile reforms with progress,” he said. One might argue... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign Policyin Piraeus is part of its so-called “One Belt, One Road” policy. Beijing sees Greece as a vital partner... interested in Greece playing a greater role in “One Belt, One Road” plan. Athens believes Greece could
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyby the Paris-based organisation has found. Only about one in 20 adults in Greece attain the highest levels of proficiency (level 4 or 5) in literacy, compared to around one in 10 adults (10.6 percent) on average..., Greece is one of the few countries where women outperform men in literacy. In numeracy, some 5.6
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Coalition's proposal for PR electoral system unlikely to clinch supermajority
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the new system applies immediately rather than from the general election after the next one... opinion polls currently indicate would be New Democracy, would need at least one, and most probably two, governing partners. Also, cutting the voting age by one year would allow about 100,000 more
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The cat is out of the bag: Europe's politics is a mess
Agora, in the future. In France, President Francois Hollande has staggered from one blow to the next... Le Pen. In one of Europe’s other economic powerhouses, Italy, Matteo Renzi is also struggling... one, then, starts to take into account the rise of nationalists and populists, particularly
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Newsletter 84 - 29/07/2016
lengthy one. At least 50 MPs must sign a motion for the discussion on reviewing the constitution... licenses in Greece’s digital network was one trigger for this discussion. This process has been... solely self-serving and denying taxpayers the public service they are entitled to. It was during one
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Thinking outside of the box
Agoralicenses in Greece’s digital network was one trigger for this discussion. This process has been... been one of the fundamental reasons for a shocking erosion of trust in Greek TV stations. According... solely self-serving and denying taxpayers the public service they are entitled to. It was during one
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