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  1. Budget primary deficit at 1.47 bln euros in Jan, revenue shortfall hits 812 mln
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    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. Holding out for a (reformist) hero
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    Agora

    holding out hope that a reformist white knight would emerge from the political morass and ride... potential miracle worker, or “Harvard-educated free-market reformer”, as the Wall Street Journal... bureaucracy and weak political will have to be overcome. The Wall Street Journal writes

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  3. Newsletter 79 - 24/06/2016

    Newsletters

    the UK was holding its Leave/Remain referendum on the same day. “For now,” I replied. We laughed... populists and nationalists to step in, holding the EU up as a convenient target for this festering anger... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall

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  4. From Berlin to Brexit
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    Agora

    and the fact the UK was holding its Leave/Remain referendum on the same day. “For now,” I replied... populists and nationalists to step in, holding the EU up as a convenient target for this festering... bloody turmoil and division, one can read the surname of a Soviet soldier who scratched it into the wall

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  5. SYRIZA states intention to continue as minority govt after ANEL leaves coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Agreement, despite the expected departure of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) from... with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, who leads ANEL... in SYRIZA see the divorce from ANEL as a positive, considering that it was a political compromise

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  6. Newsletter 149 -2/02/2018

    Newsletters

    also put the coalition on tenterhooks. SYRIZA’s partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), is backing... about a possible rift in the coalition after chairing a meeting of the Independent Greeks (ANEL...-ANEL partnership falling apart at this stage. The pull of the completion of the third programme

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  7. Kammenos prepares to quit coalition amid ANEL unrest, issues to settle with PM
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The much-advertised split between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) seems to be just days away... ANEL, has called a meeting of the party’s parliamentary group and executive committee on Wednesday... procedure in Skopje is due to be completed by January 14 at the latest. Therefore, ANEL’s departure

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  8. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    hit a brick wall. It lacked the conviction to make the tough changes in the public sector, to make.... The glory was fleeting. Within a few months of holding the Olympics, Greece became the first EU country... ($310 billion) from its bailout is going towards repaying existing debt means the amount Greece owes

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  9. 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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  10. SYRIZA and ANEL: Far from picture-perfect

    Agora

    deplored. Instead, Tsipras opted to join forces with Kammenos. His nascent Independent Greeks (ANEL... New Democracy to found nationalist, anti-bailout ANEL. If this meant turning a blind eye and deaf ear to some of the extreme views and unsavoury behaviour of ANEL and its leader, this was a risk worth

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