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  1. ILO highlights social impact of Greek crisis, proposes change in policy
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    Society

    in 2010-12. Nearly one-fifth of those public expenditure cuts was due to reductions in social protection... of unemployment benefits to self-employed, public works programme for long-term unemployed, one-off..., representing one of the steepest increases in poverty among EU countries. Indicators in absolute terms

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  2. Greek MPs pass 2015 budget but give few clues for presidential vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    MPs voted in favour of the budget, 134 against and 1 voted present. One government MP (PASOK) was unable to vote, while one independent backed the budget. Katerina Markou an independent formerly... as relying on defamation and innuendo to prevent a president from being elected. One investigation

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  3. Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for surprise moves in the past but the latest one represents a high-risk strategy that just might help... for if the coalition survives. Loose ends This is one advantage of an early presidential vote for the government... the potential to backfire. One independent MP, Mimis Androulakis (ex-PASOK) took to Twitter

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  4. Opposition parties' stance on president provides gov't with little hope so far
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    SYRIZA, the one-time coalition partner decided late on Wednesday that it would not make such a move... in the first round next Wednesday proves disappointing. One of the reasons that a left-leaning candidate... such an intention. In fact, one – Pavlos Haikalis – has said he will not vote for Dimas. This currently

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  5. Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014

    Newsletters

    calm for now Situation may change if general election follows December 29 vote One of the key concerns... identifying someone who had been one of its own a few years ago as a “committed European” and openly... that the media has been actively involved in sensationalising the claims of one side or the other without

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  6. Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    likely than the latter and so far only one polling company (Public Issue) has published projected... themselves are far from solidly united. Fellow anti-austerity party Independent Greeks is one option... in office for anything more than the short-term. No clear winner, back to square one There is strong

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  7. Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the policy points he set out in September during a speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair. One... on one later this month. Tsipras spent much of his speech going over the economic programme he presented... licences. Tsipras said that his party would unite all the public watchdogs under one umbrella

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  8. Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015

    Newsletters

    prominently during the election campaign. Rather, one could frequently get the impression that private sector... future and its economic outlook. But when one listened to the vocal protagonists of this electoral... out to be advantageous in more ways than one. Not only can urgent issues be addressed beyond

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  9. Understanding the German approach towards Greece
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    Agora

    , that motivation has only marginally increased with the actual establishment of one such party... of that belief. One paper, the centre-left SZ, even went as far as to suggest that Draghi (and not Germany... In the negotiations with the troika, and Germany as one important country behind the European

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  10. First signs from new Greek government point to awkward meetings with lenders
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    EconomyProgramme

    stake of 8.4 percent in OLP. COSCO was one of the 5 qualified bidders for next phase of the tender. Note that COSCO, one of the largest Chinese state-owned conglomerates, signed a 35-year concession... Minister Panos Skourletis stressed on Tuesday that one of the government’s imminent priorities

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