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  1. Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016

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    and social conflict is much larger. As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord... of the government. Tsipras has proposed holding a meeting of party leaders’ before he heads to the crucial March 7

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  2. The refugee crisis and the beast within
    Photo via Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/

    Agora

    As symbols go, the imaginary pig’s head in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies requires little explanation. Its meaning is summed up in one line of the unnerving classic. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!” says the fly-infested head. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part

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  3. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
    Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    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. 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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  5. Greece courts danger
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    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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  6. Budget primary surplus at 3.16 bln in December, missing target for full year by 443 mln
    Photo by MacroPolis

    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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  7. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    . But the importance of the euro as a political and economic project meant danger signs were not heeded.... The glory was fleeting. Within a few months of holding the Olympics, Greece became the first EU country... are without a job and have diminishing prospects of finding one. Over the last three years, salaries have

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  8. Eurogroup leaves Greece in limbo, with liquidity drying up
    Photo by EU Council Eurozone https://flic.kr/p/sspzHv

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , there is a danger that Greece will find itself in a peculiar limbo that could end up having devastating... to make alternative proposals in these policy areas. Beyond Greece and its lenders finding common ground... Fund was mostly being covered by money collected in a special Bank of Greece holding account over

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  9. Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    they spell danger for the conservatives in the short-term. The PM’s opponents argue that the opinion poll data suggests that based on current trends, holding elections in the autumn would lead to SYRIZA..., or ND needing, and perhaps not finding, coalition partners after a second ballot, under enhanced

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  10. Tsipras and Kammenos ready to call time on coalition after agreeing Friday meeting
    Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ) is not in danger of collapsing, i.e. losing a confidence vote. The lawmaker added that if Kammenos moves to oust... is still due to go ahead with his interview on Open TV on Wednesday night. Holding the meeting... to emphasise its separation from the nationalist party in the hope of winning over left-wing

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