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Newsletter 181 -2/11/2018
on the sidelines, on November 19 so that the matter can be settled before Athens has to submit... the idea was played down by much of the Greek media, which has focussed on the final decision most likely.... The difference that has to be bridged between now and November 19, if the Greek issue is on the agenda
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Eight years later: Is Croatia finally truly ready for Europe?
Agora, nothing has changed fundamentally. Serbian leadership still does not acknowledge that Serbia carried out... seats in Serbian Parliament, however this has not happened to date, while in Croatia representatives..., it was reduced to 4.3 percent, so it is not difficult to conclude that Croatia has a problem
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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agorathe start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in February 2020 and October 8, 2021, Greece has recorded a total.... The daily case load at the peak of this wave has increased compared to the earlier ones, exceeding 4,000... has allowed more cases to be detected. At the time of writing, Greece is one of the most intensively
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Newsletter 432 - 06/09/2024
with voters after a difficult summer. The prime minister has limited fiscal space available so the pledges he... was due the following year. The government has been bargaining with the European Commission to try... spending to 3 percent of GDP, or 3 billion euros. This amount has already been parcelled out to boost
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Unresolved scandals fuel tetchiness, personal battles between parties
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA heated confrontation between Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and PASOK has become the clearest... Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and its referral of OPEKEPE‑related case files to Parliament has.... Georgiadis has cast himself as the most outspoken defender of New Democracy MPs named in the EPPO file
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What do Greeks fear most? The lack of justice
Societyhas made a surprising finding: Greeks fear the last of justice above all. According to the Kapa..., providing greater transparency, accountability and efficiency. It is an area that has received little attention over the last three years as the focus has fallen on getting public finances back on track.
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One in two Greek households rely on pensions to make ends meet
Society, has also suffered. About a third of households (34.8 percent) said that they are behind.... The survey indicated that the income of only 5 percent of households has not been affected during the crisis, while the average Greek family has seen its earnings drop by almost 40 percent between 2010
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Young Greeks more likely to swap items and buy second hand
Societydifferent practices to the previous generation. We have seen for instance, that there has been a rise..., electrical goods and furniture has yet to take off. Just 14 percent of respondents said they had “probably.... This seems a notable development given that the economic crisis has contributed to charity
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Greece to pay IMF but concluding negotiations will be a tougher task
![Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/11/imf_439_1108-medium.jpg "Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]")
PoliticsGreek Politicswill hold back on non-payroll costs, as it has done in previous months. Kathimerini newspaper... this month. Against this backdrop, it came as some surprise that the coalition has approved a payment... has received for some of his media appearances, this remains a solid showing. Tsipras is also
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Tsipras mulls options as creditors pile on pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicsevening but Athens has not publicly acknowledged such a deadline. The mood in Athens following... officials have identified Thursday's Eurogroup as the moment by which there has to be some kind... of the proposal already made by the institutions and that has to be implemented virtually overnight rather
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