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  1. Cooperatives on Cyprus: Why they were treated differently to banks
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    in the USA has lessons for Cyprus and parallels to what happened on the island. One of the issues... ownership, as well as a way for local and central government to borrow; in effect the Cypriot answer to the need for a Fannie or a Freddie. The cooperative credit sector of Cyprus has several

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  2. SYRIZA drawing up manifesto and foraging for allies
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    SYRIZA will attempt to answer its critics in the next few weeks by drawing up a manifesto that aims to respond to the persistant doubts about whether the opposition party has the answers to Greece’s... of the republic fails to garner 180 votes. SYRIZA has spent the last few weeks trying to build

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  3. DIMAR's collapse continues, leaving doubts about presidential vote and centre-left
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    lawmaker. Lykoudis leads the so-called Reformist Wing of the small party and has aired concerns over the last few months about the direction DIMAR has taken since leaving the government in June 2013... departure means that the party now has just 10 deputies, compared to the 17 that were elected in June

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  4. Where did all the money go?
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    as the EFSF has disbursed 141.8 billion with one last tranche of 1.8 billion remaining. The IMF has... total stands at 31.9 billions (18 percent of GDP). These are staggering figures: No other nation has.... To protect the integrity of the eurozone, the strategy has left Greece with a massive pile of debt

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  5. Novartis bribery claims to be examined by parliamentary inquiry

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    SYRIZA has decided to ask for Parliament to investigate the allegations that as many as 10 former... political council, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has decided that the case file, which contains... lifted so they can face charges in a special court. It has been suggested that the statute

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  6. Greek Salad (made in Italy)

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    The anticipated creation of a populist government in Italy has sent shivers down the spines...’ economic and fiscal plans. Greece has a lot to teach the world on what happens when attempting ill... and the accountability of economic policy making within Europe. Alas, the answer is not to pull

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  7. PM aims to maintain pace of economic reforms as public worries about migration

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    representing PPC workers, has strong objections to the change in hiring rules at the power company... flexibility in the company’s workforce. In his meetings with European leaders, Mitsotakis has reportedly... the government aims to make in the coming months. Progress on this front has been slow since the summer

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  8. Latest Novartis clash signals deeper battle over role of judiciary
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    The Novartis affair has resurfaced to disrupt the relative calm in Greek party politics, with New... the course of justice. The latest flare-up has been triggered by the request from the parliamentary... Evangelos Venizelos and Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras. More recently, SYRIZA has focussed

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  9. High hopes for Pompeo visit as new row brews over media handouts

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    of State has visited northern Greece. Pompeo’s trip comes amid efforts to ease tension between... will show that Greece has the clear support of the USA, a NATO partner, in its fractious ties with its... is due to answer questions in Parliament regarding emergency legislation the government wants to pass

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  10. Gennimata's death casts shadow over politics, KINAL leadership race
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    leader will also have to face, and possibly, answer questions about what kind of alliances KINAL will be willing to forge in the future. One of the hopefuls, Andreas Loverdos, has already made it clear he has no intention of working with SYRIZA, apparently hoping to galvanise traditional PASOK

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