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  1. For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
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    Agora

    that New Democracy and PASOK refuse to accept the end of the most tumultuous and costly period in modern.... At this stage, endorsing the overwhelming evidence produced by the IMF last summer that the target should

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  2. Greece's key pledges and requests at the Eurogroup meetings
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and transparency; create an efficient and fair tax court system; modern bankruptcy system, judicial... agreement that during this period the Greek state will be funded under a minimalist menu that solves... that enhances transparency and yields tax revenues for the state; dismantle the various cartels. To recap, our

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  3. PM sets out case for third term, surveys global landscape and talks up constitutional reform

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    , as a milestone that produced: A sharp reduction in airspace violations and other tensions, improved... of the modern Greek state. Mitsotakis argued that Greece must “close all pending issues..., Mitsotakis interpreted Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s recent remarks about readiness for a solution

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  4. Episode 8 - Athens: An ancient city grappling with modern problems

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    In this episode, we take to the streets of our home city, Athens, to get an idea of what interventions would improve life in the Greek capital. Our producer Phoebe Fronista speaks to MacroPolis features writer Georgia Nakou about the Great Walk, a pilot scheme introducing pedestrian walkways

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  5. New asylum law comes up against old failings
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    that the buildings can be dismantled and moved after several years so no site is permanent. As the director... and coordination will be possible in order to produce a well-functioning scheme. The high level

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  6. Newsletter 23 - 17/04/2015

    Newsletters

    , Varoufakis referred to labour market regulations as a “libertarian’s wet dream”. The government actually... policies that will produce measurable results on the fiscal side, such as cuts to supplementary pensions

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  7. Little common ground found in Gerapetritis-Fidan meeting, but talks to continue
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    The meeting between Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Athens on Friday did not produce any surprises. Both sides expressed their opinions regarding... parameters, while Hakan Fidan noted that Turkey’s view was that any discussions should be based

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  8. An issue of statistical significance in Greece

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    in the country’s modern history. Even as early as May 2009, the budget’s unrealistic projections were... that Greece produced a deficit under 4 percent was between 1999 and 2001, after a period of austerity... to come will produce more compelling evidence that will shed new light on this issue. In the meantime

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  9. Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
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    by more than 20 percent. Greece’s labour market has been devastated, like no other in any modern crisis... of domestically produced goods is a policy choice to regain competitiveness but exports have failed

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  10. What Dijsselbloem didn't say
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    Agora

    , with specific conditions attached. They were not the modern-day equivalent of the Marshall Plan, even... to military hardware, from the north rather than on domestic production. Spain produced a property

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