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  1. A quarter-pounder democracy

    Agora

    Just under 17 years ago, New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman put forward a theory that if McDonald’s restaurants open in a country, a functioning democracy and institutions won’t be far behind... efforts to shake up Greece’s public administration have been a disappointment so far. Greece’s tax

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  2. Risk of poverty in Greece rising to alarming levels
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    Society

    deprivation in 2011. This was by far the highest figure in the eurozone, with Cyprus in second place... and its lenders have so far been unable to address this issue and as long as this remains the case

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  3. Industrial production continues decline with 7.2 pct drop in August

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    that except for April and June, all monthly readings so far in 2013 exhibit a single digit drop of between... suggest that Greece's recession is still far from over.

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  4. Greek centre-left in search of new roots with own Olive Tree alliance

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    (DIMAR) has so far indicated it will not cooperate with the initiative, whereas PASOK has been more... opinion polls) rather than the 40+ percent it accounted for in the previous two decades. So far

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  5. Golden Dawn draws support from surprising sources to retain popularity
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    classify themselves as centrists, while less than a third position themselves on the far right... popularity, as is evident from its opinion poll ratings so far.

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  6. Fight against tax evasion yields results, reveals challenges

    Society

    of the Greek economy. In the European Union, Greece has by far the highest rate of self-employed people in its... collection capability but the task is far from complete and has been undermined to some extent

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  7. Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the incident, the far right party blamed “terrorists” and the coalition government led by Antonis... built by prosecutors. The allegations about its activity, which were far removed from the group’s

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  8. When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
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    Agora

    and far too dependent on bank dominated lending capacity. Any attempt of the Greek real economy... back by domestic lenders who attach far too arduous strings to credit facilities. This movement

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  9. October budget revenues beat target by 24% but gg arrears reach 2.47 bln in 2013

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    with their outstanding balances down by 885 and 640 million respectively so far this year. The recorded drop... the same period, implying that new arrears of 2.47 billion have been created so far in 2013, of which 0.67

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  10. OECD's Greek debt forecast shakes foundations of troika DSA

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the areas the troika-led program has so far failed to improve. But most alarmingly, the OECD presents a debt sustainability analysis (DSA) that is far more pessimistic than the most recent troika

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