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PM reacts to Trump win as Kasselakis manipulation claims put SYRIZA on knife edge
PoliticsGreek Politicsrivals in SYRIZA have bent the rules to exclude him from running for the leadership. Less than 48... inconsistencies in Kasselakis’s own account of his background in his eagerness to put forward a challenger... proceedings, a trend which is already reflected in SYRIZA’s sliding fortunes in the polls. The tenacity
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
Sliding from No to Yes Govt proposals resemble those put forward by Commission The Greek Parliament... an explanatory memorandum in Greek (compared to the English text sent to Brussels) that put the amount... in the same period last year. This translates into a net drop in retail sales by 305 million over
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IMF examines where programme went wrong, what lessons were learnt
EconomyProgrammeput a severe strain on the social fabric of the country. Frequent episodes of political instability... projections, largely due to lower growth and deflators, while unemployment was much higher than originally... and the OSI, public debt recorded a relatively modest immediate decrease to 305 billion euros (160 percent
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Bulgaria's Covid-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results
Agorawas it then that Bulgaria decided to ignore prudent practice and put all of its eggs in one basket... of the price tag the Bulgarian government had put on its citizens. These are the savings from choosing... Biotech and India’s Bharat Biotech. A question of price While the exact prices the different vaccine
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Newsletter 305 - 16/07/2021
than a third, according to some polls) is sceptical or completely opposed to the vaccines..., and others putting the estimate at more than 5,000. The protesters, many carrying Greek flags, while... is smaller than those seen habitually in Greece, including at the recent anti-labour law rallies
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Come back Cleisthenes, all is forgiven
Agorapartners had caught on to this obfuscation. However, rather than one man or a group of decision makers.... A case in point is former Athens mayor and health minister Nikitas Kaklamanis, who is in the running... some 230 million euros when Kaklamanis left, according to his successor Giorgos Kaminis. The former
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Newsletter 286 - 26/02/2021
Lockdown relaxation put on hold Covid-19 data cancels retail opening plans as parties clash over... Covid-19 wards in the Greek capital are in short supply again. More than 90% were taken up this week... was negative with a 305 million-euro drop in lending, compared to an increase of 1.65 billion euros
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorain a political battle with the leftist party rather than implement the measures being demanded... Lula, rather than Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. However, this bubble also burst when Tsipras decided... in its most recent review (summer 2014, more than a year after Mitsotakis was appointed
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Confidence vote debate sets tone for Greek political clashes to come
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMerkel) for a clean break from the troika. It is also expected that the coalition will try to put... but it will also challenge the leftists over whether they will put their name to any debt relief agreement... are visible and this will prove a bigger problem for Samaras and Venizelos than the actual vote.
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he was expressing a personal opinion rather than a party position. Another PASOK lawmaker, Nikos... opens a discussion about a compromise deal he will probably have to give more ground than he wants and his premiership might even be put in doubt. SYRIZA has been equally reluctant to consider backing
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