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  1. A varied set of views on China
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    of inferior quality to that of western goods. In short, while Greeks are not disposed negatively... in their eyes. Nor do they envy life and work in China, and find Chinese commodities of inferior quality

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  2. Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?

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    . It took no less than European Commissioner for Employment Laszlo Andor of Hungary to get... exercises that took place in 2012. With a debt-to-GDP ratio that is above 170 percent Greece would again

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  3. Troika inquiry: talk to the organ grinder, not the monkey

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    creditor economies to change. It takes two to tango, and it took both debtors and creditors to lay a web... of French and German banks. Greece, like Ireland later, took one for the team. A painful adjustment

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  4. Election results in Greece lift uncertainty, for now
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    . Uncertainty took center stage. The Athens General Index plunged more than 15 percent within the course... ago took a toll. Hence, the government may now find itself with non-coalition MPs supporting its

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  5. As Bank of Greece lines up Stournaras to take over, it reveals how risky things got during crisis

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The Bank of Greece (BoG) published a report on Wednesday titled “The Chronicle of the great Crisis,” outlining the critical actions the BoG took between 2008 and 2013. The BoG's report was presented... banknote shipments from other eurozone central banks totaling 5.26 billion took place in three

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  6. Public deficit and democratic duty

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    was “over-dramatised” (or “sexed up” if you prefer) by the PASOK government that took over... in the European Parliament elections in May. Her party took just 3.4 percent of the vote

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  7. Multi-bill passes but coalition's relationship with armed forces and police sours further

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    A multi-bill of reforms that took the government some time to pull together was passed through Parliament with relatively little fuss on Wednesday but the government may face more serious... differences with these two groups, took up their cause on Wednesday. Party leader Alexis Tsipras described

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  8. ‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
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    Agora

    , the 70-year-old pensioner took a number, sat down and prepared himself for a long wait.... Three years of strikes and mass protests followed. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took

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  9. Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in 1973. This allowed the free movement of people at universities. The issue quickly took on political... dictatorship. University authorities argue that they took the measure to present sit-in protests that could

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  10. A little more persuasion, a little less reaction
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    Agora

    When European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker took sides a few days ago ahead of possible snap elections in Greece, he overstepped the boundary that keeps EU officials from openly expressing... in the war of words. European Commission vice-president Jyrki Katainen took a more balanced and helpful

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