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Opposition parties' stance on president provides gov't with little hope so far
PoliticsGreek Politicsround of voting, should the coalition’s hopeful get less than around 170 votes. Speculation pointed
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Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsrounds of voting, on Tuesday and in the final ballot on December 29, when 180 rather than 200 votes... independents left to entice. This means that to get 180, Samaras would still need at least 11 votes
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Coalition edges towards 180 votes for president but close to exhausting resources
PoliticsGreek Politicsif they amount to more than one or two. Almost all of these lawmakers would be going from clearly being... more like her to get within touching distance of the 180 votes it needs when the vote takes place
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Where did all the money go?
Agora, which Greece could not get from financial markets, it was able to maintain all of its public... programme. The combined amount of the three initiatives reached 94 billion euros, more than a third
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Appealing to dual audiences compounds mixed messages from SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsat rallying its supporters than other parties. The poll indicates that 82 percent of Greeks who... voters and PASOK just 33 percent. In order to get closer to an absolute majority, SYRIZA must draw from
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Greece and eurozone reach tentative deal, much undecided
EconomyProgrammeif rejected than the deal is dead” but said he was sure this would not happen. We understand... that until the review conclusion (by the end of April) Greece will not get any bailout money. This means
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Coalition ready to pass first legislation as agenda for lenders' talks grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Wednesday, when MPs will also get a chance to vote on the measures. Symbolically, it is important... measures will have, they will allow the government to argue that it is more caring than previous
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Tsipras heads for Russia with specific aims, including halting speculation
PoliticsForeign Policydifferent from other European governments. Athens may have been clearer than many other EU members in its... for the Greek state. Athens has taken on board the lessons from Cyprus’s failed last-minute attempt to get
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Waiting for the hurricane
Agora(and burned) all its political capital in negotiating over 7.2 billion euros rather than focussing... of returning to the drachma or even issuing a parallel currency have been floated but before we even get
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Tsipras briefing suggests he is still searching for deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicstogether and said that despite the current difficulties, he feels an agreement is "closer than ever... arena, as we suggested earlier on Friday Tsipras attempted to get the opposition parties to openly
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