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  1. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

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    . The government strongly insists on increasing revenues rather than cutting costs (i.e. pensions... as favouring “neoliberal” positions that are even more drastic than those of the institutions... of 30.1 percent but better than the 1.3 percent increase in 2013. Last year's increase was considerably

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  2. Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
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    sporting achievement can provide anything more than a temporary release. Qualifying from the group stages... but more than a decade later the rise of the racist Front National threatens the legacy of the “Black... of promise rather than the herald of greater things to come. Much like the mountain climber who

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  3. Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015

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    reflecting domestic consumption rather than increased tourism activity. Triggered by a panic to hoard medicines rather than cover their actual needs, citizens also rushed to pharmacies, where child... than 40 brokerage firms, have suspended operations. Payments of a large number of utility bills

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  4. Newsletter 93 - 21/10/2016

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    accounted for less than 39 percent of total hirings, which is by far the lowest reading in the course of this year. This means that flexible types of work made up more than 6 out of 10 hirings. The largest.... The breakdown showed hirings reached 230,580 in September, more than offsetting the departures of 222,792

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  5. Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
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    , Greece’s tax compliance problems span a much larger period than recent years, when the burden... percent) than is currently expected. The opposition leader proposed a range of policies to help..., the cost is substantially higher than the pledges made by the prime minister, which were seen

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  6. Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015

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    indicated that more than one in ten voters are still undecided (Palmos 14.8 and GPO 13.1 percent... that goes to the winning party rather than hand New Democracy a surprising victory. The percentage... target for SYRIZA, the current opinion poll leader, than New Democracy. The new centre-left party

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  7. Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016

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    , Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem suggested that the review would take months, rather than weeks. He also... loans linked to primary residences. Rather than rely on a series of cuts, which is the approach... rather than implement the measures being demanded by the troika. As it became apparent that Samaras

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  8. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    Agora

    in a political battle with the leftist party rather than implement the measures being demanded... Lula, rather than Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. However, this bubble also burst when Tsipras decided... in its most recent review (summer 2014, more than a year after Mitsotakis was appointed

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  9. Deposit rates stable, avg loan rate below 5 pct for first time since 2002

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    control more than 90 percent of total deposits. Back in 2012, there were more than 15 banks... the eurozone average of 1.03 percent and much higher than other comparable countries such as Spain (0.49 percent), Portugal (1.09 percent) and Italy (1.34 percent), but lower than that in Cyprus (2.3

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  10. Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016

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    and, consequently, slightly upped the relevant rates for those with more than 25 working years... drop in the number of refugees and migrants reaching Greece last week, with less than 100 arrivals one... to the seasonally unadjusted data, the number of employed fell by more than 86,000 to 3.55 million, while

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