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  1. What Greece imports and why
    Photo by Gerasimos Domenikos/Fosphotos

    EconomyFeatures

    imports shows that energy leads the way, with mineral fuels, lubricants and other materials coming... million euros. From Russia, Greece imports 2.81 billion euros of materials under “Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials”. From South Korea, the largest import category was “Machinery

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  2. A quarter-pounder democracy

    Agora

    Just under 17 years ago, New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman put forward a theory that if McDonald’s restaurants open in a country, a functioning democracy and institutions won’t be far behind... be put into practice, the institutional malaise will continue. Until our institutional weaknesses

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  3. Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger

    Economy

    executive board member Joerg Asmussen appears to have put the economic plan in some doubt, while... 50 percent or so. Asmussen also put the financing gap, the difference between how much money Greece

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  4. Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    put the Greek government on tenterhooks. There are indications that genuine concern has gripped Prime... whole crisis strategy is in danger of being put in doubt. Samaras, Venizelos and Stournaras have

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  5. Coalition agrees policy framework: Purpose unclear, impact doubtful
    en_GB Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Sixteen months after one-time rivals Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos put aside their differences to form a coalition government, the two have agreed on a policy framework..., the policy framework drawn up last year by the three parties put one goal above all others: Renegotiation

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  6. How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to be and what measures the government would have to take to fill it. In the meantime, we have put... said that government officials speaking anonymously after the EU summit put the figure at no more

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  7. Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not

    Economy

    ,” as International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde put it. Greece presented a draft... Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen put a figure next to what until then was a vague

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  8. Last man standing
    Photo by Can Esenbel [www.mundanepleasure.com]

    Agora

    on November 4 to put minds outside of Greece at ease with regard to his party’s plans should... reliant on put-downs and one-liners. Its attempts to inspire mass demonstrations have failed. While

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  9. Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
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    Agora

    to their customers. Put otherwise, they cannot decline to implement as lending institutions what they have been... bankers involved in the negotiating process, the offers put on the table have been nothing less than

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  10. Europe missed an opportunity on banking union
    Illustration by Manos Symeonakis [http://www.cartoonmovement.com/p/6035]

    Agora

    banks and will put all lenders through stress tests. The ECB’s involvement gives us hope... markets, rely heavily on banks for financing. If the banking system is not put in order

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