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  1. Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    with the so-called Plan X that former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis worked on during the first half... a range of government officials, Plan X was never intended as a blueprint for Greece to follow... an institutional role. The government’s assertion that Plan X does not hide any dark plans

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  2. Are Chinese investments starting to hit a wall in Germany?
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    Agora

    .[x] The rapid growth of Chinese outbound investment in recent years has raised awareness in host... Volkswirtschaft um? Berlin, January 2019. [x] See: Bershidsky, Leonid: “Germany Enters the Global...: ‘Alle Wege führen nach China’, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 22nd February 2018. [ii] See: ‘Chinesen greifen

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  3. General govt primary cash deficit of 9.07 bln in October, arrears drop by 250 mln

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    and services (-121 million). Arrears Arrears to the private sector (including tax refund arrears...) and local governments (+8 million). Declines were seen in SSFs (-111 million) and extrabudgetary funds

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  4. Reflections on Greece's balance of payments
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    Agora

    : consumption (C), investment (I), exports (X), and imports (M). Thus, when demand is equal to supply: Y = C + I + X - M. X - M describes the exports to abroad of what Greece produces in goods... domestically (including energy such as crude oil and natural gas). The balance X - M is called the “foreign

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  5. Study indicates bias in German media coverage of Greek crisis

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    coalition – in five daily newspapers (Welt, Bild, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Süddeutsche Zeitung... against the Greek government, compared to just under half (49 percent) in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 35 percent in Spiegel Online and a third in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Percentage

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  6. Newsletter 121 - 02/06/2017

    Newsletters

    Plenty of talk, little clarity Lenders focus on programme as Greek hopes on debt fade Greek government officials and representatives of the country’s lenders publicly exchanged views on the country’s bailout and future over the past few days without see...

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  7. Greek pensions laid bare
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    Agora

    pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since

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  8. Newsletter 111 - 17/03/2017

    Newsletters

    Talks stumble on labour reforms Many SYRIZA MPs sceptical about politically sustainability of any review deal The best that The best that Greece can hope for from Monday’s Eurogroup meeting is to settle almost all of the outstanding issues in the review...

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  9. Economic sentiment rises above 111 pts in July but consumer confidence drops further
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) resumed its recovery path in July, rising to 111.2 points, from 108.7 in June, according to European Commission figures released on Thursday. The Employment Expectations Indicator (EEI) also increased to 115 points, up ...

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  10. Storm fallout sweeps PM to crucial juncture early in second term

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Thessaly as only four of the 12 Super Pumas that Greece possesses are in a condition to fly

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