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Rising clinical depression hints at hidden side of Greek crisis
Societyin depression and Greece’s worsening economic conditions. EPIPSY found that one in two Greeks in a household..., while those experiencing difficulty paying off loans went up by 160.5 percent. One in three... the dramatic extent to which the crisis has affected mental health in Greece and is a reminder of one
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Is New Democracy really trying to ease political tension?
PoliticsGreek Politicstogether Greece's leftist parties as "extreme opposition." "The cases of Golden Dawn on the one hand... with the so-called "theory of the two extremes". As the theory would have it, if Golden Dawn is one.... One of these is Failos Kranidiotis, a lawyer who has been close to the prime minister for several
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It remains a mystery
Agoramostly met with nonchalance. There was silence from Berlin and Brussels on the IMF leaks. One analysis... argue that a country which was broke, with no one willing to lend it, that had over half of its debt... stability is something that one would potentially be willing to argue. To dismiss outright the obvious
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Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
Agoraand a hammer blow for Greece’s beleaguered society. For one, Samaras and his ministers have been busy..., one has to wonder what else needs to happen before there is a show of political sensitivity from.... The latter is a particular irony given that one could argue that the economic policy pursued in Greece
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the equation, Merkel has taken the matter back to square one and the troika's return to Athens... in general remains sensitive and is one of the areas of disagreement between Athens and the troika. One of the reasons that the troika believes there is a large fiscal gap is because it doubts Greece
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agoraabove water. On the one hand the Greek government has been successful through a multi-year austerity... payments; any one or a combination of these reasons risks landing them on an index of defaulting... for core tier one capital ratios set by the European Banking Authority (EBA). In return for this capital
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Samaras proposes free wi-fi as crisis antidote for young Greeks
PoliticsGreek Politicsterm, which expires in 2016. Apart from his proposal regarding wi-fi, Samaras only provided one more... by foreign investors. Indeed, the growth of Greek tech firms is one of the few economic bright spots... for improvement but going from this to full wi-fi access in one year seems a stretch and certainly does
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Credit origination and transmission: Are Greek banks part of the problem or the solution?
Agorawould have to resolve one critical issue, namely the financing platform for such an internal bad bank... funds are as low as one percent and seldom surpass the critical threshold of 10 percent. For Greek... to one of the few liquid assets still available to them: namely running down their bank accounts
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The euro debate Greece is not having
Agorainto the troika program there is very little evidence that one of these key objectives has actually been... the prices’ resistance to falling at the same pace as wages, and it is often one of the troika's... weaknesses have been so blatantly exposed over the last three years should not earn one a place
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Has internal devaluation really helped Greek exports?
EconomyThe performance of Greece’s exports has been one of the main disappointments of the troika-led program. One of the pillars of Greece’s adjustment was meant to be internal devaluation, which through... of doing business, have been too one-sided and may in some cases been counter-productive.
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