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Greek families shell out for education as state system falls short
Societyas of 2015, put Greece below the OECD average for all three key educational indicators... historically met strong resistance. A recent UNESCO paper on accountability in the Greek education
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Skopje's surprise proposal creates doubts about successful conclusion to name talks
PoliticsForeign Policy. But, the situation has been more complicated the last few days. FYROM’s proposal has provoked strong reactions among... not put an end to the irredentism of Skopje, but instead it confirms and strengthens it. That’s why
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Retail sales up by 1.2 pct in March on higher activity in dept stores, clothing
EconomyMacroeconomyto 71.9. The latest business indicators for May published by the European Commission on Wednesday put... the end of last year. Retail trade confidence dropped by four points to 6.2 following a strong rise
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Parties draw dividing lines ahead of new protests over name issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe argument put forward by government officials that Athens accepted the existence of the Macedonian...-Macedonian.” This issue elicited a strong response from the foreign minister, who suggested
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Fiscal Council endorses fiscal and macro assumptions but warns of potential obstacles
EconomyMacroeconomyoverly optimistic. Finally, the Council raises caution regarding imports that could put the trade balance..., deteriorated by 745 million, rising by 5.5 percent over 2016, which is a strong indication of high
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For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
Agorarelief is not perceived as a strong enough incentive for sound policies and is being reinforced... painstakingly put in place over a period of about two years. It is wishful thinking to believe
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SYRIZA seeks best path to next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsis for the cuts to be put off for six months. This would allow Tsipras to avoid implementing the unpopular... brother and sister, Dimitris and Zanet. Parapolitaka newspaper, which has a strong anti-government
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ESM releases final tranche of third bailout, boosting cash buffer ahead of exit
EconomyProgrammereminder that some of Greece’s lenders are not comfortable with the government trying to put off... to open “Greece now has a strong buffer to smooth its path back to market financing,” he added
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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBankingproducts at the height of the crisis, Greece’s banks were further crippled by the capital controls put... Eurobank. The so-called Pixel portfolio has attracted strong interest from overseas investors
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Tsipras and Kammenos vow to stick together until further notice
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Kammenos met on Friday to put on a show of unity. Following the meeting, government sources made... are former SYRIZA supporters. Kammenos ANEL leader Kammenos drew strong criticism from opposition
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