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ND tries to dial down Tempe rhetoric as support plummets in new opinion poll
PoliticsGreek Politicsdemonstrations will become violent, unlike the similar protests held on January 26. Opposition parties deem this to be a tactic designed to scare off Greeks and ensure that the turnout is low enough...” and argued that the families have every right to demand the truth and for those guilty to be held
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Government's focus on defence, plans for more procurements put opposition in tough spot
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFrench-made frigate. Athens agreed in 2021 to buy three new Belharra type vessels for a cost of 3... to buy 24 Rafale fighter jets from France as part of a wider defence pact that was hailed by Prime... procurement plan, worth around 26 billion euros, Mitsotakis indicated that MPs would be kept up to date about
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Gennimata aims to secure centre-left leadership in run-off vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe run-off vote for the centre-left leadership is due to take place on Sunday, with PASOK... Democracy’s run-off vote) but both camps are hoping that the drop will not be too dramatic. There were... and the run-off vote should be called off so that the PASOK leader could build on the positive
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SYRIZA gives up on "odious debt" write-off but not major debt relief
PoliticsGreek Politicspolitical goals the writing off of the "majority" of Greek debt. Stathakis's comment certainly appears... surplus target and to allow it to pay off its debt, despite lower servicing costs. This means that while the idea of writing off copious amounts of "odious debt" may have been killed off, SYRIZA's
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Off the isles of Greece
Agorawith Greece found themselves fighting for survival off another Greek island, Farmakonisi. Some made... years ago. Twelve migrants, nine of them children, drowned off the Dodecanese islet. The Afghans... borders. This should not be forgotten. This week, 47 migrants were rescued off Samos. Varvitsiotis
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Mitsotakis targets rivals as Androulakis tries to shrug off doubters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan enter into presumptive alliances. Victory, he argues, will come only when “every citizen hears
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A Greek proposal that deserves to be heard
Agorabillion euros over the next three years. In similar fashion to the debt buy-back that took place... (the third programme) Greece would buy back all the remaining SMP bonds held by the ECB, which have a face... publicly, every stakeholder in the Greek affair, including Tsipras himself, must be aware that Greece
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The ECB's strict rules apply if you dare not comply
Agorathat had borrowed money under the ELA from the Central Bank of Ireland to pay off their creditors...: "Monetary financing is when the central bank of a country prints money to buy the government bonds... collateral to the ECB in order to be financed in order to buy the sovereign debt of that country, and we
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Back from the brink: What next for Greece's property market?
EconomyFeaturescontinued to come from overseas property buyers flocking to buy holiday homes at discount prices... falling, and then rose again after the country’s referendum. Many of those looking to buy don’t... tax continue to put off overseas investors. The one property sector that is doing well is the luxury
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Will Tsipras ride the waves in 2016?
Agorafrom next month. Any suggestion that foreign funds will be allowed to buy at knock-down prices... this year compared to 43,500 in 2014, according to the UNHCR) has been focussed on the humanitarian aspect
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