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  1. Thinking outside of the box

    Agora

    by the government and more than four channels were already operating, has been questioned. Pappas’s... 200 million euros. The coalition’s view is that allowing more than four channels to operate... closed the state broadcaster because they wanted to silence it rather than for fiscal reasons

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  2. Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016

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    the beginning of the year, arrears have grown by 1.23 billion, corresponding to a rise of more than 20 percent... or more than 900 million compared to the figure of 5.89 billion in the corresponding period last year... the Georgiou case as an “open wound”. He is right, but not for the reason that he suggests. Rather than

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  3. Recent steady rise in refugee arrivals pose extra challenge for Greece
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    to decongest the “hotspots” on other islands. There are currently more than 10,500 migrants (out of a total... average has increased to more than 80 (80.5), which is a rise of almost 70 percent. Mouzalas has... to last year or even earlier in 2016, when it was not uncommon for more than 1,000 people to arrive

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  4. Gap of 555 mln emerges in three key taxes in July ahead of a crucial September for revenues

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of the 6.59 billion due. This means that the amount of VAT collected was 1.02 billion less than what... stood at 2.28 billion in 2015, 38 percent lower than those in 2013, while the amount due was 3.57... more than doubled over the last three years to 3.57 billion euros in 2015 from 1.66 billion in 2013

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  5. Stepping up search for alliances, Tsipras welcomes Euro-Med leaders
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that arrivals may rise even more than they have since July. Tsipras’s mood ahead of the Athens meeting...,” adding that “it is preferable to have a European Germany… than a German Europe.” His comments came... that the Greek leader was now closer to them ideologically than to the radical left. As we have written

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  6. Refugee crisis charade adds insult to EU's injuries
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    Agora

    ) in official accommodation in Greece, there are more than 12,500 people on island hotspots when the capacity is for just under 7,500, there are currently more than 100 refugees arriving each day.... In the wake of the deal being signed, arrivals dropped to less than 50 a day. In recent weeks

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  7. The story behind Attica Bank, the non-systemic lender thrust into the spotlight
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    EconomyBanking

    , Attica was the only Greek bank that remained along with the four systemic banks from the more than... household loans and leasing account for 19.9 and 7.3 percent respectively. More than one-quarter (26.7... provisions of 629 million. Its stock of provisions more than doubled to 1.17 billion at the end of 2015

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  8. Out with the old, in with the old
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    Agora

    Perhaps more so than its promises about debt reduction, its ambitious targets for welfare spending... than 18 months later, these voters are likely to be feeling a strong sense of disappointment... own. In other words, it is more focussed on engaging in regime change than breathing new life

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  9. Athens looks to Draghi for positive signals on debt relief
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    willingness to tackle a couple of reforms.” Athens would rather focus on comments like Draghi’s than... trade union, found that one million workers are owed money by employers. More than 500,000 in part-time contracts are being paid less than 360 euros per month, while uninsured labour has surged to 30

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  10. Disposable income falls for second straight quarter, by 0.7 pct in Q2

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . The decline mostly reflects a rise in social contributions by 4.7 percent, which more than offset a fall... with nominal GDP contraction of more than 26 percent. When broken down, the figures reveal employees..., slightly slower than the 5.3 percent growth rate recorded in the previous quarter. Despite

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