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  1. New frigate arrives to much fanfare as spotlight falls on Dendias, minister's aspirations
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    . The ship’s appearance also put the spotlight on Defence Minister Nikos Dendias, one of the government... by a New Democracy MP during a parliamentary debate. “If you don’t speak at all, you will never put... responsibility rather than personal ambition, and dismissed suggestions of tension with the prime minister’s

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  2. Deadly factory blast sparks debate on workplace safety

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    to complaints rather than on a systematic basis. In the case of the Violanta factory, the deputy... seen no response from management. Political accountability The fire service’s findings have put... of accidents at work in sectors such as construction and the gig economy. The latest incident will put

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  3. Tsipras hints at June launch for new party as poll suggests disruption potential
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    under the banner "The Governing Left of the New Era". The former SYRIZA leader put a marker out for June... rather than a serious call for convergence. SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos previously called... for its money, while all but wiping out his former party, SYRIZA. The projected results put ND at 30.1 pct

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  4. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts
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    Agora

    the troika’s targets. Pensions and public sector salaries have been slashed by more than a third and social... billion euros at this stage of the Greek crisis is more than just a tall order. With no genuine... at a Eurogroup meeting last November, will be put off until after May’s European Parliament elections

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  5. Scars for coalition, questions for SYRIZA after confidence vote
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    former coalition partner Democratic Left voted “present” rather than express support... up in its efforts to put pressure on him. However, SYRIZA would have hoped to get more out of its unexpected decision to submit the 11th censure motion to Greek Parliament in the last 26 years than

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  6. Stournaras in firing line for arguing Greeks can pay more taxes
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    of the Greek state rather than whether citizens are being taxed enough. Critics will argue that the onus is on the finance minister and his colleagues to address this, rather than to expect more from... times more than it did in 2009. One might also point to the fact that as a proportion of GDP, taxes

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  7. The Cyprus bailout is different, not only due to the bail-in
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    is in the detail: privatisation is put in a very different framework than in Greece, avoiding... bailouts in more ways than just the bail-in of uninsured depositors at the country’s two major banks... more expensive for Cypriot companies and individuals than other destinations since they also have

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  8. Off the isles of Greece
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    Agora

    and Syrians had paid money to smugglers who put them in a boat and pointed it in the direction... this into account, though, nothing can excuse treating the people who arrive here as anything less than... anything less than this is to demean this tragic event. Even so, this week’s events leave a feeling

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  9. Greece agrees with troika, looks to tranche release and redistribution of surplus
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    larger than Samara’s recent estimate that it would be “in excess of 1.5 billion”. The same source also... and emergency services who earn a monthly salary of less than 1,500 euros. Furthermore, 380 million euros..., is much lower than the target he initially announced. The agreement with the troika was confirmed

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  10. Who benefits from Greece’s return to the markets?
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    Agora

    that Pakistan returned to debt markets after an absence of more than seven years, the first Greek bond.... More than 85 percent of those pension funds, private equity firms, asset managers and hedge funds...-term than increasing sovereign debt finance. After the issuance of the five-year bond and the offered

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