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  1. Amid lack of communication, overflights add to Greek-Turkish tension
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    air nautical military exercise “Mavi Vatan” and nothing more. The continuous overflights of Turkish

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  2. Greece aiming to strike strategic balance in Persian Gulf
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    presence, as illustrated by the current large‑scale military exercise Mavi Vatan and, more recently

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  3. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
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    Agora

    Barring any last minute upsets, Golden Dawn will officially become Greece’s third-largest party when local and European Parliament elections are held in May. At least that is what opinion polls have been indicating for some time. It would represent anot...

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  4. In Spain, the best generation is in danger of becoming the lost generation
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    Agora

    A double degree in communication from Paris and Madrid universities, and a master’s in cultural policy at a prestigious British institution may have been enough for getting a job a decade ago in Spain but not now. Laura, 25 and unemployed for one year, ...

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  5. Podcast - Riding into the danger zone: Greece gets new jets

    Agora

    Greece recently received the first six state-of-the art fighter jets it has ordered from France, hoping that their arrival marks the start of an upgrade of its military capabilities, but also an improvement in its geopolitical standing. The Rafale plane...

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  6. Greece courts danger
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    Agora

    This could go down as the week that Greek justice took over from Liz Truss as the world’s briefest joke. It would be funny if it wasn’t so worrying. On Tuesday, Greece’s Supreme Court announced the findings of a preliminary 9-month investigation into th...

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  7. Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016

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    Revenues beat revised target Hellenic Financial Stability Fund posts huge revaluation losses In a non-paper issued on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry clarified that budget revenues had beaten... Greek bank holdings plunged to 2.38 billion at the end of 2015, from 11.62 billion at the end of 2014

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  8. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros and was below target by 611 million. Net revenues came to 50.96 billion euros, under... expenditure came to 44.20 billion, below target by 611 million euros. Interest payments declined YoY

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  9. Return to sender: Post office closures being reevaluated in wake of political uproar
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    as “difficult but necessary,” emphasising that postal services would continue via couriers, rural...-month consultation period. Rural challenges Beyond political infighting, the closures raised urgent questions about access to essential services. There are concerns that elderly citizens in rural areas

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  10. Unpaid taxes keep rising, tax audits short of targets

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    increase in the cumulative debt reflects payments against ‘old’ debt, which amounted to 852 million so

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