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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agora, 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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Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015
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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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
, 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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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorain 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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Deposit rates stable, avg loan rate below 5 pct for first time since 2002
EconomyMacroeconomycontrol 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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Newsletter 69 - 08/04/2016
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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Newsletter 71 - 22/04/2016
for 2015 is above the recent government estimate of 0.2 percent and much better than the programme... the institutions that there is no urgent need for the legislation of contingency measures worth more than 3... and transparent politician than his predecessors and peers, so showing that there is some substance to his
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Greeks full of contradictions on ideology and political beliefs, study suggests
Societybelieving “socialism” to be a more positive term than “capitalism” while, at the same time, espousing...” was more important than “equality”. This proportion was replicated among SYRIZA voters, some 30... in ten believing that the country needs “less public sector”, Greeks are generally more liberal than
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There's always next season
Agoramore than seven hours. Much of the time was taken up by arguments about unrelated issues... progressing from this point onwards. In fact, the whole debate looked backwards rather than forwards... are the leftovers, rather than a vision to feed hope for a better tomorrow. Market access, economic growth
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Parliamentary inquiry to handle bribery claims as parties build differing narratives
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA debate lasting more than 20 hours ended early on Thursday with Parliament voting to set up... probed, will be sent back to the judiciary for further investigation rather than to a special court... imposed. He suggested, though, that this involved medical professionals rather than politicians. He
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