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Withdrawal of NGOs from refugee centres puts pressure on Greece to fill void
PoliticsForeign Policyof the crisis. Last week’s agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the so-called “one-for-one.... This would mean the coalition deciding on a much more hands-on approach than the one it has opted
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Newsletter 68 - 01/04/2016
was implementing an agreement similar to the one he had chased Papandreou out of town for. Within two years, Samaras had lost one of his coalition partners, suffered a defeat in the European Parliament... bailout agreement and never sign a new one soon dissolved to dust and the leftist politician found
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The men who would be prime ministers
Agoraan agreement similar to the one he had chased Papandreou out of town for. Within two years, Samaras had lost one of his coalition partners, suffered a defeat in the European Parliament elections and seen... agreement and never sign a new one soon dissolved to dust and the leftist politician found himself
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Newsletter 70 - 15/04/2016
base. Katrougalos said that one of the open issues regarding pension reforms relates... 2015 One year on, substantial differences exist in government's approach There were many echoes... DBRS still has Portugal one notch above a junk rating. DBRS’s rating of Portugal is due for review
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Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have one eye on potential unrest within his party this week... prominent one, said that while SYRIZA was able to argue during last September’s elections... as SYRIZA’s own programme rather than something that is being imposed by Greece’s creditors. One more
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agoraunorthodox attire or economic views, the Greek economy failed to meet the demanding fiscal targets. No one... implementation, which was calling for even stricter fiscal goals. Although one outcome of last year’s... the one-off spending on bank recapitalisations. The figures demonstrate how much fiscal effort Greece has
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Greece and lenders edge closer at Eurogroup but standby measures, debt relief not resolved yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsis finally agreed it would represent a boost for Athens in one respect as it had sought to avoid having.... The prospect of cuts to wages and pensions, however, will be a difficult one for the coalition... Greece on a short leash and dashing any hopes of a substantial reduction in one go. The benchmark
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Camp conditions and fragile EU-Turkey agreement risks for Greece in refugee crisis
PoliticsForeign Policycamp and drastically reducing the numbers at the port of Piraeus, authorities have almost solved one... to be of a similar standard to the one constructed at Elaionas in Athens last year. More than 2,200 refugees... to keep to this agreement. Mitsotakis was accompanied on his visit by one of the local mayors, suggesting
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Government hopes offer of tax breaks and grants will spark growth boost
EconomyMacroeconomyfor domestic production. One of the key provisions of the law is the support for investments above 20 million euros that create at least two jobs per one million euros invested. For these types... study revealed that an investment of 1 euro in one quarter results in a cumulative increase of GDP
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During crisis, proportion of Greeks in extreme poverty has risen almost seven times to 15 pct
Societyestimated the extreme poverty threshold ranges from 182 euros per month for a one-person privately... children, which were in a better position than families with one or two. The survey also found... from 50 percent in 2011. In contrast, only one percent of families of civil servants, public sector
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