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  1. Budget primary deficit at 1.47 bln euros in Jan, revenue shortfall hits 812 mln
    Photo by Panayiotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    billion euros. Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.

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  2. Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
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    Society

    existence as a modern state, the principle of full citizen rights for Greeks abroad has been espoused... permitted in person, so in order to vote an expat would have to return to their home voting district... Commission on Human Rights, an independent body which advises the Greek state in accordance with UN human

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  3. Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Agora

    as spring boards – a model seen at work in Antwerp, the base of Belgium's far right Vlaams Belang

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  4. From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
    - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum walk past historic murals at the National Palace. Photo: Lars Hagberg

    Agora

    order, or disorder, that the world needed, enabling leaders to assess options based on a realistic... “international rules‑based order” was little more than a diplomatic euphemism. It created the illusion... it, it was simply “a nice story.” “We knew the story of the international rules‑based order was partially

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  5. Latest criticism regarding human rights, civil society rebuffed by govt
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The Greek government’s attitude towards civil society and human rights has come under fire from... media reports and complaints by press freedom and human rights advocates that the Greek authorities.... On Wednesday, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders presented her preliminary findings from

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  6. Police actions draw attention to ND's law and order agenda
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the 1973 bloody student uprising. Opposition parties and human rights groups also reacted... and order. The conservatives promised to tighten things up upon coming to power. Since July, law and order has been high on the government agenda and the interventions at the Athens University of Business

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  7. Rise in overdue contributions slows to 310 mln in Q3, total at 16.9 bln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The rise in unpaid social security contributions (SSCs) slowed quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 310 million euros in Q3 of 2016, from 831 million in Q2. The outstanding amount reaching 16.92 billion, the quarterly bulletin of the single SSC collection centre (KEAO) displayed on Monday. The increase

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  8. Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the Interior Ministry to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, essentially defining it as a public order... government’s willingness to implement the hard-line law and order agenda which was a mainstay of its... buses, were broadcast live on TV, drawing criticism from the opposition and from human rights

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  9. Budget primary confirmed at deficit of 1.47 bln in Jan as taxes dwindle
    Finance Ministry

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    . Net revenues came to 3.85 billion euros, below target by 812 million euros. The monthly primary... a deficit of 782 million euros for the month.

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  10. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    during this crisis has been of the highest order, providing insight into a complex problem, but some... version of what has happened in Greece in order to support their preconceived ideas about fiscal... ($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes

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