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ELAS emerges as clear winner among new entrants, Elpida falters
PoliticsGreek Politicsthan double PASOK's share. The figures suggest ELAS is absorbing broad anti-establishment votes across... of the projected share. The collapse is complete, with almost all of its former electorate having migrated
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Mitsotakis defends seven years in power, sharpens strategy for tough election campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicstransport for all, 30% cheaper electricity for households and businesses, a public housing authority... of operating solely for shareholder profit, having profitability double the EU average, paying no tax
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A quarter-pounder democracy
Agoraof delay, ineptitude and complicity. An honest police force, a robust judiciary and, above all, a political system with the will to tackle the hardest of challenges were all absent ahead of the arrests... in order to create a mobility scheme for 25,000 civil servants that seems to serve a very limited
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Seven in 10 Greeks raiding savings to pay bills, two in 10 have no deposits
SocietySeven in 10 Greeks are raiding their savings in order to make ends meet, while two in 10 say they have no deposits at all, according to a new survey by Public Issue. As the government and the troika... the last year. At the same time, the proportion of Greeks who say they have no deposits at all has
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday, all the attention has fallen on whether Greece will be able to reach an agreement with its... but did not indicate what, if any, action would be taken. Public order The government aims... The government has pledged to provide free or subsidised healthcare for all Greeks, including those
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Newsletter 25 - 08/05/2015
will need to tap additional funding sources in order to meet external obligations of 2.5 billion... of a single VAT rate of 18 percent for almost all goods and services – it is difficult to imagine... pensions and having to implement a zero deficit rule that will lead to all of these auxiliary
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An impossible choice
Agora. If the reader feels confused about all these developments, you are in good company. The twists and turns.... They are at the receiving end of all these erratic developments. They have to digest the call for a referendum on Sunday 5... of their surname, in order to access their account. For a government that proclaimed the word “dignity
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Tsipras sets out social policy goals in last stage of effort to shift political debate
PoliticsGreek Politicscontribution at all, and the retirees being excused from having to make a 6 percent contribution to healthcare costs (this was increased for all pensioners from 4 percent as part of the measures passed... with the institutions, onto the agenda. New Democracy seems to feel that the law and order issue in particular could
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The great turn-off: Greece's TV permits auction
Agoraas a supposed effort to establish some order in the opaque world of Greek broadcasting had descended... was greeted with the launching of legal action by all and sundry against the government and each..., all this was absent from the process, making the tender for TV licences a series of missed
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Tsipras and Mitsotakis speak to their MPs but address wider audience
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe compromises he is not willing to make in order to secure a deal. “We will not even bother... of the crisis, but the one that takes the country out of the crisis once and for all.” Mitsotakis... the challenge of a major political change,” he said. “The time has come to leave aside all
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