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SYRIZA launches membership drive but still struggles with 2015 backwash
PoliticsGreek Politicsovershadowed by the dragging up of the party’s problematic past. The party has launched a website.... The effort to focus on the party’s future has been overshadowed to some extent by the revival... secondary issues, even at the most crucial and sensitive moments, without even having a Plan A, B or X
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Kasselakis pushes back against growing speculation about centre-left alliance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA social media post by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis has made the already-complicated process... made on Monday a lengthy post on X (formerly Twitter) in which he mused about the discussion... about uniting the centre-left has begun because New Democracy’s poor result on June 9 has caused
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Mitsotakis looks for silver lining in Trump 2.0 as right wing MPs see vindication in President's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsplatform X, where he restated his commitment to the “strong strategic partnership” with the US, adding... policy has shifted since experiencing a political backlash from high energy prices, from his... of Donald Trump restored a sense of national pride. The mood music in the governing party has changed
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Greek primary surplus at 400 mln to Oct but arrears keep piling up
EconomyMacroeconomyEAP terms and comparable to the government’s estimate of 812 million for the whole year 2013... has dropped by a lower amount (2.40 billion) year to date. It is apparent that the creation of new
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Greek primary budget surplus doubles to 835 mln in Jan but below target
Economyand the Development Ministers set for Monday. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has recently stated that 2013 primary... of 812 million incorporated in the 2014 budget. MoF sources suggest that an agreement with the troika
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Lower yields for short- and long-term borrowing boost Athens
EconomyMacroeconomyratio of 2.81. The PDMA accepted 812 million euros for an auctioned amount of 625 million. The yields... in February has been steadily improving since, dropping to 3.87 percent at the end of April, having lost some
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Labour cost fall has not produced jobs, bemoans GSEE in study
SocietyThe significant fall in labour costs since the onset of the crisis has not led to a corresponding..., as many has expected, but unemployment, according to a draft copy of the 2015 annual report..., the report said. The INE maintains that the gains made by companies from the fall in labour costs has
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The pension and revenue interventions Greece has to make to meet its 2016 fiscal target
EconomyProgrammeGreece has to achieve a primary surplus target of 0.5 percent of GDP in 2016, according to the agreement reached with institutions last summer. Achieving this target means that the government has... the interventions it has already announced. Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said in an interview
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Brexit has opened a can of (constitutional) worms
Agora. The challenge is Herculean not just because of the enormity of the task. Brexit has also opened the debate... with Westminster on a breakaway vote. However, the UK government has signaled that it will not consent... Ireland has significantly increased after the failure to form a government there. Nevertheless, when
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PM attempts to walk fine line in ‘wild world’ after backlash over Venezuela comment
PoliticsForeign Policy, the past week has brought the issue of European security back to the fore, not as an abstract concept... doctrine has always been to defend international law, sovereignty, and the territorial integrity... on X. The joint statement, which stresses that “Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe
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