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Don't celebrate a French reconnection for EU just yet
Agora– albeit one that he is expected to win comfortably. Although Juncker’s gesture is understandable... of political verse, a comfortable mental habit.” “But it masks a peculiar form of denial no one... candidates one side and eurosceptic or anti-EU hopefuls on the other. As a reminder, in the dual
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Labour Ministry publishes latest pension breakdown
EconomyMacroeconomyof 2016. Out of this total, 1.23 million receive one main pension, around 809,000 receive one main and one... that almost one quarter (24 percent) of pensioners are over the age of 81, and that 31 percent
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Tsipras gives mixed message on expectations for crucial upcoming Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat this goal could be achieved “if we accept an agreement on debt like the one proposed by Wolfgang Schaeuble or an even better one, which we are trying to get.” This was interpreted by many as a sign... is likely to focus one in his talks are securing an agreement which would at least allow Greek bonds
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Greeks tending to shop less often and opt for local products
Societyconducted in 2016, consumers are showing a strong preference for products made locally. One of the main... in the supermarket, they would choose a Greek product over a foreign one (based on choice alone and not the final... survey and 35.5 percent said that they use more than one source for their household shopping (53.3
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May is the cruelest month
AgoraJune 19 was day one of the Brexit negotiations. David Davis and Michel Barnier will be leading what is expected to be one of the most tantalising sets of negotiations in the history of European... of their political elite who have play pivotal role in the current government. This is one
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Compliance report looks at programme financing, arrears clearance and 2016 performance
EconomyProgrammein arrears clearance, having reduced the stock by more than one third since June 2016. The pile... collection rate. A number of one-off factors, such as low oil prices and the running down of inventories backed the recorded corporate profits, while some large one-off repayments of tax liabilities
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The conundrum of Greek olive oil exports
EconomyFeaturesby almost one-third. Theoretically, this should have been good news for Greece, the world’s third... ‘Little Greece’ neighbourhood. World’s number one The tale of Greece’s dealings with its own olive oil... product, originally bottled in Greece and sold as such. A 2015 report by NPR highlighted one
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Judicial system becomes key battleground for political parties
PoliticsGreek Politicsin Greece as a potential weak spot for the government, or at least one where New Democracy can.... One flashpoint came last October, when the Council of State deemed the TV permit tender held... the revenues it had raised. The decision had been preceded by one newspaper printing allegations of a personal
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Privatisation plan inches along as groups express interest in DESFA
EconomyProgrammestages to go through before the investors can make a binding offer. Privatisations have been one of the key demands of Greece’s adjustment programmes from the start in 2010 but also one of the biggest... that of the previous one. The privatisation of the state-owned Public Power Corporation was one of the first and most
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Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
PoliticsForeign Policy, the issue of the EU customs union is the most crucial one. The revision of the 1995 Customs Union... be the one to shape European policy towards Turkey. It is no secret that she is facing mounting pressure...-Turkey relations altogether, analysts say. The EU–Turkey refugee deal may be one of the reasons
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