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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
is currently around 1,000 euros, it is clear how crass Fylis’s comments will appear to many Greeks... of many Greek politicians who send their children to private schools. Tsipras’s objection, though... so often that it has been worn bare. Many of his predecessors, such as Kostas Simitis, Kostas
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Newsletter 62 - 12/02/2016
Minister Nikos Pappas to not only launch and oversee the tender but also decide how many permits can... feel the impact as retirement pay in Greece makes up in many cases for the lack of a proper welfare... by many as a special case: A country that is unable to act effectively unless threatened
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Newsletter 72 - 06/05/2016
and police presence on borders in many parts of Europe and stinging criticism on moral and legal grounds... the progressive, open and self-confident EU that many policymakers thought they had been... concerns. “Many small people in small places doing small things can change the world,” says Cadiz
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Locating Europe's pulse in the refugee crisis
Agorain Austria, a beefed up military and police presence on borders in many parts of Europe and stinging... fences have gone up. This has not resembled the progressive, open and self-confident EU that many... and are often hampered by political concerns. “Many small people in small places doing small things
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Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
Agorain Greece, many politicians appealed to some supposed idyllic moment in the country’s past, when..., with the overwhelming win for the “no” camp, and as may happen in the UK, with “Leave” leading in many opinion... are reminiscent of the flippancy that many SYRIZA and Independent Greeks MPs showed last year when
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Greece's taxing challenges
Agoraas a surprise that many Greek citizens and businesses are willing, but effectively unable, to meet their payment... hitting Greek citizens and businesses on the doorstep of the political authorities in Athens. Many... of the past six years are treated by many beneficiaries as de facto tax forgiveness or a backdoor tax amnesty
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Newsletter 92 - 14/10/2016
displayed by so many locals on Lesvos and other Greek islands that shone through the dark days of last... the Second World War. More than 850,000 people arrived in Greece by sea last year, many of them reaching....” After so many years of struggling to find something they could be proud of, the stoic way in which
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Making the extraordinary ordinary
Agora. It is exactly this lucent combination of altruism and empathy displayed by so many locals on Lesvos and other... in Greece by sea last year, many of them reaching villages that only had a few dozen inhabitants... in the sea.” After so many years of struggling to find something they could be proud of, the stoic way
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
and the capitalist economic model that underpins it. This has led to a complacency that has blinded many... of these is values, with part of the population feeling culturally cut off from the rest. “Many... and, in many cases, downright lies. Greece has also seen its share of populist media, responsible
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Obama ends with big picture amid dwindling hope
Agoraformulas. “But I think that having seen Greece begin many of these difficult steps toward structural... hardships for many years now, there should be an opportunity I think for both sides to recognize... for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe,” he said
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