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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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Growth, not just of the economic variety
Agora), there was a brief item referring to the inside pages, while one newspaper (Eleftheros Typos) bore... in the group of seven that are supportive of the government, only one (Ethnos) referenced the GDP data... growth figures. One of the possible explanations for this oversight is that the left-leaning media has
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Coalition hails multi-bill as start of clean break, opposition sees more of the same
PoliticsGreek Politicswas one of several cabinet minister emphasising over the weekend the positives that the government... of the out-of-court workout and a switch from next year to a one-out-one-in hiring policy... would retain the five-out-one-in rule that was adopted as part of Greece’s first programme. Keeping
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After an international agreement comes the domestic politics
Agorahatred. Like any diplomatic deal, the one presented by Tsipras and Zaev contains some compromises... Republic of Macedonia to Republic of North Macedonia and that the new one will be used erga omnes... as Macedonian (Citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia). This will be a hard one for many Greeks
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Newsletter 173 -07/09/2018
, Mitsotakis to follow In what will be one of the last throws of the dice he has to recover support, Prime... but indicated he would maintain a policy of one hiring for every five departures... with the institutions that it can change to one-in-one-out from next year. GDP growth slows to 0.2 pct QoQ in Q2
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Foreign minister quits government, heaping pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOne of the government’s most high-profile figures, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, resigned... a settlement on the Cyprus issue is one such example. The biggest danger that Kotzias’s departure... stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now is that because
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Newsletter 179 -19/10/2018
stand him in good stead for the future. One of the interpretations given to his decision to resign now... and the coalition united. This is why there could only be one winner in the contest between Kotzias... pension cuts of 1 percent in GDP. One of the two scenarios in the economic plan – the one
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Moments to remember from the euro crisis
Agoraother institutions, though, the ECB’s contribution has also come in for scrutiny. One of the central... and economic damage remains a live question. Trichet was one of the most vocal opponents of debt relief... but there are aspects of its role that leave a bitter taste. One of those is the head of the euro’s
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Newsletter 185 -30/11/2018
, it should be pointed out that the original reduction was one of the counter-measures agreed in return... rather than being carried out in one go. The other measure announced was this year’s “social dividend... to holding elections in March. According to Kathimerini, one of the outlets to suggest that this option
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Bank of Greece outlines challenges to SME funding, gaps in knowledge
EconomyFeatures. Regarding their ownership structure, almost two thirds of firms are owned by family or entrepreneurs, one quarter belongs to only one owner and the remaining 7 percent is owned by other enterprises, business... are classified as trade firms, around one third is active in the services sector and almost one
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