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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece’s political parties have been looking at the May 25 European election results to understand whether there has been a decisive shift in public opinion that makes a SYRIZA or New Democracy win... and to which the government appealed directly with its message of stability before the European Parliament
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Election fallout opens up divisions in PASOK and DIMAR
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlthough PASOK managed to perform slightly better than most pollsters expected in the European Parliament elections, the pressure from within the party on its leader Evangelos Venizelos has increased... resignation after the former coalition partner received just 1.2 percent in the European elections
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Are things looking up for Greece's privatisation programme?
EconomyAbu Dhabi, the Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group and other European investors. The final financial... is worth 173 million. The latest official privatization program is described in the European
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Greece gets new finance minister but old guard dominates cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsby many within the conservative party for the its lacklustre showing at the European Parliament... the most of European Union cohesion funds and explore ways to provide greater liquidity to Greek
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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politicsentering a near state of paralysis in the build-up to the local and European elections on May 18 and 25... suffered significant losses in the European elections, have for implementing measures that could
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Retail sales up 3.9 pct in April for first positive YoY reading since 2010
EconomyMacroeconomyprovided by the European Commission last week showed an improvement for the fourth successive month... by the European Commission (EC) and the OECD foresee a slowdown in the private consumption decline
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Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off
PoliticsGreek Politicssteadily ratcheted up. The mixed messages delivered by the Greek electorate in May’s local and European....” These include highlighting that Greece is under pressure from the European Union to increase competition
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Public deficit and democratic duty
Agorain the European Parliament elections in May. Her party took just 3.4 percent of the vote... between 2004 and 2010 by the European Commission’s statistical agency Eurostat. It was only after
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicslargely on the outcome of the European Central Bank stress tests in October. Only then will Greece... the challenge of keeping an increasing fidgety PASOK on board in the coming weeks. Since the European
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EU Task Force sees progress on reforms and structural funds in Greece
EconomyProgrammeReforms are delivering results and there has been an increase in the absorption of European Union funds, according to the seventh quarterly activity report of the Task Force for Greece (TFGR.... Funding of 350 million from the EU Youth Employment Initiative and the European Social Fund
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