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  1. Government under fire for failing to block Turkey from EU arms programme
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and failing to state its objections clearly. Criticism also came from SYRIZA’s former defence minister

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  2. Rule of law and media freedom in spotlight after arson attack and European Commission report
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    risked failing the bailout review by the country’s creditors because of the IMF’s insistence... published in UK daily The Guardian about the global lobbying activities of ride-hailing platform Uber... criticised SYRIZA’s attempts while in government to ban Uber and other ride-hailing platforms, accusing

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  3. Ex-minister's jailing a boost for faltering sense of justice

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Former Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was jailed for 20 years on Monday after being found guilty of money laundering. Although the ex-PASOK veteran will serve only a fraction of this sentence, his conviction is notable moment in Greek politics as...

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  4. Episode 9 - Greek economy toiling under pandemic pressure

    Agora

    In this episode, we have returned to one of the first topics we covered so can examine how the Greek economy is coping with Covid-19. Our producer, Phoebe Fronista, has been speaking to Constantinos Kouvaras, the area director in Greece for the Bacardi ...

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  5. You've heard the Greek crisis myths, now here are some truths
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    Agora

    Greeks, EU officials have a habit of failing to be clear about what the money lent to Greece has been... be within its rights to accuse its eurozone partners of failing to live up to their commitments... hear references to the “European taxpayer” who has been bailing out the Greeks over the last five

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  6. Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015

    Newsletters

    and liabilities, and 4) bailing-in creditors by cancelling or reducing the liabilities of the failing... economics and sensible politics can cohabit within the euro area. Failing to bring this two elements

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  7. Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
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    EconomyFeatures

    20,000 and 70-80,000 euros. Any attempt to define the target group explicitly is like nailing jelly

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  8. Uptick in Covid-19 cases prompts caution as govt prepares to tackle pension backlog
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    As the government tries to contend with the immediate impact of the pandemic, officials are also toiling

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  9. IMF sees eurozone debt relief pledges failing to deliver sustainability
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    EconomyProgramme

    Following the executive board meeting on July 20 that approved in principle the precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Greece, the International Monetary Fund published its updated Debt Sustainability Analysis, which includes the relief measures t...

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  10. Greece’s unstable and confusing tax system failing to deliver results
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    A report by the diaNeOsis research and policy institute has painted a troubling picture of Greece’s taxation system as the country nears it programme exit. The results show disproportionately high levels of tax compared to falling incomes, ongoing tax e...

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