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  1. PM prepares to finalise relief package as talk of electoral tweak gathers pace
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    next month. New Democracy cadres feel that it is vital that the interventions strike a chord... to arrest a slide in living standards and head off the demographic challenges that threaten future... the prime minister can continue to repel suggestions that he himself has previously deemed off

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  2. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

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    are to be dispelled then it’s vital that we improve our understanding of the factors that contributed... the European Championship and Athens pulled off the successful hosting of a memorable Olympic Games... at making Greece an easier place to invest and start a business are starting to pay off. In the World

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  3. Coalition unwound

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    for Samaras to fend off SYRIZA and win back the New Democracy voters that have drifted away, particularly... off air so it could be replaced by a new broadcaster employing 1,000 people at the end of August... package only passed with 153 votes. The support of these deputies is now vital if the government is going

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  4. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
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    Dawn could be scrubbed off the Greek political map overnight. The reasons for the party’s rise... and perhaps others. But it is vital that someone else reaches out to these people and, in the process, wean them off Golden Dawn’s poisonous populism. Can anyone do it? So far, the answer has been

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  5. Return of coastal bill may give SYRIZA new chance to build support

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    . This is in contrast to the PPC stand-off, where SYRIZA stood side-by-side with the electricity workers’ union (GENOP... bill is connected to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund’s (HRADF) efforts to sell off... and divisive as the coastal bill will be seen as vital to the party’s efforts to widen and strengthen its

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  6. Our most popular stories in 2014

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    it was unconstitutional to cut off taxpayers’ electricity if they did not pay. The only way of resolving this legal... benefits, Greeks are also being cut off from free or subsidized healthcare which is available to most... to be halved over the next few years. Donations and services offered by volunteers have also become vital

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  7. Tsipras and the binary opposition
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    of a few years, seen off political heavyweights such as Samaras and PASOK’s Evangelos Venizelos (who... time did not want it to be directly associated with them for fear that it would put voters off tells... the conservatives forward into a new era. His everyman qualities have been vital in defusing the tension

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  8. Tension rises in Greece but creditors see potential for agreement soon

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    . For the Greek government, the vital element is that it should not have to detail another 2 percent of GDP in measures (3.6 billion euros) now as this may kill off any hopes it has of convincing its... member states will be content to sign off on the deal.

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  9. Public sector evaluation and hirings in the spotlight
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    to the schedule agreed with Greece’s lenders, which means that even if the coalition’s next move pays off... they are a vital pool of votes for SYRIZA. The government accused New Democracy of “silently inciting... and that these appointments do not push public finances off track.

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  10. Mitsotakis bids for nation's soul, Tsipras ramps up handouts
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    accusations regarding the old, corrupt elite, it is still vital for Mitsotakis to ensure that he has... to work due to the damage inflicted by the flooding would receive a one-off benefit payment of 600... would receive a one-off payment of 400 euros. It is estimated that there could be up to 55,000

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