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An impossible choice
Agora. If the reader feels confused about all these developments, you are in good company. The twists and turns.... They are at the receiving end of all these erratic developments. They have to digest the call for a referendum on Sunday 5... of their surname, in order to access their account. For a government that proclaimed the word “dignity
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Newsletter 82 - 15/07/2016
to the IMF, all institutions highlight the relatively higher minimum salary in Greece, proposing... seats at all for the winning party in a general election, applies immediately. If the bill gets a simple... the reform in order to give SYRIZA more power if it loses the next election. He argued that Greece has moved
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicscontribution at all, and the retirees being excused from having to make a 6 percent contribution to healthcare costs (this was increased for all pensioners from 4 percent as part of the measures passed... with the institutions, onto the agenda. New Democracy seems to feel that the law and order issue in particular could
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
and order. The conservatives argue that because of its ideological constraints, a SYRIZA-led... Democracy). It is, as we will examine, a myth that has been peddled by all three at one time... revenues remained relatively flat. That the Greek justice system has failed to see all this after so
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
Agoraas a supposed effort to establish some order in the opaque world of Greek broadcasting had descended... was greeted with the launching of legal action by all and sundry against the government and each..., all this was absent from the process, making the tender for TV licences a series of missed
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis speak to their MPs but address wider audience
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe compromises he is not willing to make in order to secure a deal. “We will not even bother... of the crisis, but the one that takes the country out of the crisis once and for all.” Mitsotakis... the challenge of a major political change,” he said. “The time has come to leave aside all
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EU officials see Greek deal close, broad debt talks to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsand fiscal targets) have not been resolved so far. Moscovici urged all sides to reach a deal by end... interest of 5.5 percent GDP in order to miss the SGP target. In 2017, Greece’s interest payments come... to go faster, some may not want to go forward at all, then I’ll push them a little. We will move
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Newsletter 101 - 23/12/2016
All options remain open in 2017 Government handouts strain its relationship with the lenders... will soon be required to make difficult political decisions in order for the review to be wrapped up... for such an eventuality. As the year ends, though, all options remain open. BoG seeks swift conclusion of review Central
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Lenders' proposal not yet enough to convince Athens, banish snap poll option
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures. Tsakalotos also said that despite the differences there could be an agreement if all sides... feels he needs some kind of commitment on this issue from the eurozone in order to offset... to be an independent thinker within the party and one that is not afraid to express his opinion. After all
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Greece watches closely as Turkey prepares for referendum
PoliticsForeign Policygovernment will ask from all political parties to adopt a common "national stance" towards Greece.... If "No" is to prevail, the same sources claim that all possibilities are open. Either Erdogan will call early elections in order to strengthen his majority in Parliament and pass the constitutional amendments
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