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  1. Questions persist about timing of general elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy has called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to clear up some of the basic parameters... on May 19 or May 26. So far, the government has indicated that the local and European elections will be held on the same date. However, this option has been complicated by the possibility of Tsipras

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  2. Newsletter 198 -15/03/2019

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    Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has provided details of the country’s second bond issuance of the year... 5-year issue roughly a month ago. The PDMA notes that the new 5-year has performed well during its first month of trading and since issuance the yield has dropped by nearly 1 percentage point, 80

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  3. Name protests, scandal allegations inflame SYRIZA-ND rivalry
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    has been ordered by a prosecutor. The agency reportedly could not find for what reason the deposits... investigation units was forced to resign from his position. The government has distanced itself from Petsitis... nothing to do with the government, which has denied he worked for the PM’s Office. SYRIZA has also pointed

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  4. In latest election pledge, Tsipras vows to ditch lower tax-free threshold
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Alexis Tsipras has thrown a new pledge into the pre-election mix by promising not to reduce the tax... be in power when the measure has to be implemented. This could also be seen as a pre-emptive strike against..., such as 2009 and 2014, when a party has lost the EU vote and has then faced national elections a few months

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  5. Greek elections: Just the (decisive) details to be settled
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    Alexis Tsipras will ask Greeks to go the polls. Tsipras has made a late attempt to sway voters this week... the last decade and over the 4.5 years that SYRIZA has been in power. However, it will be of concern... not worked out that way and the prime minister has had to resort to a series of tactical manoeuvres

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  6. The positives and negatives that will decide Greece's elections
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    polls. The EU vote showed that the tide has turned in Greek politics and that the momentum... a clear majority as the threshold which the winning party has to pass is directly linked to the total... wildfire last summer, the Macedonia name deal and law and order issues. However, it has been evident

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  7. Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void

    PoliticsForeign Policy

    Greece has obtained a copy of the memorandum of understanding on maritime borders signed between Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Libya, which has rocked relations... say that this memorandum has no legal standing. The relevant services of the Greek Foreign Ministry

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  8. Newsletter 231 -06/12/2019

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    has labelled the deal “illegal,” arguing that Libya’s prime minister does not have the legal... to Erdogan when the pair met in Watford. It has also been condemned by Egypt and Cyprus, the other countries... as acting meekly in the face of Turkish provocations. Mitsotakis has said that he had an “open discussion

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  9. Govt lines up strike legislation to follow brief pause after budget vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    has largely consisted of New Democracy highlighting how it is living up to its election pledges... Democracy has been buoyed by the fact that its tax cuts have not put this year’s fiscal course at risk..., will be trouble-free. The stronger-than-expected fiscal performance this year has also triggered

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  10. Losing game: Another doomed effort to revive Greek football?
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    that. Each time it has resulted in little more than lip service and some cosmetic changes. The rotten core of Greek football has remained untouched because nobody has the guts to change anything or feels... not be turned against parties or governments. This nexus has become harder to break as the years have

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