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Review gathers pace as mission chiefs prepare for Athens return
EconomyProgramme. It is estimated that at this stage, around 20 of the 95 prior actions have been ticked off. One.... The two sides have reportedly agreed that the Melitis power station in Florina will be one... of the 95 prior actions, they could prove one of the tougher nuts to crack. Apart from the sale
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US view on Greece proving constant amid change
Agorathat has frequent bouts of instability and uncertainty. It is going through one of those periods... policy. This was one of the things that Washington has repeatedly tried to point out to European... commend Greece for being one of the few NATO countries currently spending at least 2 percent of GDP
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Array of centre-left leadership candidates edge towards watershed vote
PoliticsGreek Politics(“Fofi”) Gennimata is the one to beat, being the leader of PASOK and the Democratic Alliance... Gennimatas, a political heavyweight and one of the founding members of the party, her first national... was one of the most prominent supporters of the “Yes” campaign in the July 2105 referendum. While he
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Pandora's box ajar for Turkey and Greece?
AgoraErdoğan's visit to Greece was the first in 65 years after one of the founding fathers of the Turkish... to Ankara. According to Turkish press reports on November 22, one of the key targets of the visit... right before the visit. One of President Erdoğan's frequently cited mottos these days is: "We might
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Check, please: How much Alexis Tsipras's first months cost Greece
Agoraand 2020, mostly to appease the fiscal concerns of the International Monetary Fund. Fast forward one year... was the one that managed to take Greece out of the MOUs, albeit with a delay. However, can Greece’s prime... by 0.7 percent that year. In Q3, it expanded by 1.3 percent compared to the previous year, which was one
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Newsletter 145
with the number of coalition MPs, but one of those votes came from an independent lawmaker, Theodora Megalooikonomou, who previously represented the Union of Centrists. Her vote made up for the one lost... significant of those was one introducing jail sentences of up to 6 months for anyone obstructing
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Pensions continue to be main source of income for half of Greek households
Societyfall into the category of long-term unemployed. One in five households has a member who gets paid... the other responses remained broadly in line with recent years. Almost one fifth (19.6 percent) of households had one member with overdue tax obligations. For the coming year, one in four households
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Newsletter 152 -23/02/2018
review, which had not yet been completed. One of those, which involved the Council of State... that now Greece is emerging from the bailout, SYRIZA is turning its attention to one of the key pledges... will be carried out by a committee made up of 21 members (10 from SYRIZA and one from junior
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Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
Societyis one of just a few countries in Europe with no external assessment or system of quality assurance... raising state spending on education. The issue of external assessment and autonomy is one that has... system showed that the Greek system is one of the most centralised in the OECD, with 78 percent
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Parties mark out battle lines for next elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsgovernment would be the one to take the country out. “We are taking steady steps towards the exit, leaving... coalition, despite the difficulties it has faced and mistakes it has made, is the one that will oversee... that Tsipras has to play. It is certain to be one of the main pillars of the party’s election campaign
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