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  1. Debt relief or debt restructuring for Greece?

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    head has major implications for the political economy of the country’s debt overhang. This “drastic... of the aforementioned debt migration? The momentum from the private to the official sector has now.... Against the background of this structural transition in Greece’s sovereign debt profile one has

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  2. SYRIZA's left wing sticks to belief Greece should leave euro

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    for power while taming or satisfying its more radical elements has been emphasised again after the group.... Lafazanis has long maintained this position and is the chief expresser of the current of euroscepticism... of strident opposition to being ready to govern was anywhere near over, he has just been reminded

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  3. Cyprus in 2014: Looking ahead
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    Cyprus has the habit of grabbing international attention in a global way, only to then be marginalised as a footnote when the immediate crisis seems to have abated. This has been historically true..., the international attention has moved away from the island. Yet despite the lack of interest internationally

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  4. Greece in 2014: Where are we?
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    Greece has entered its year of growth and recovery. At least that is how the government, its..., Greece has also assured its revival. This narrative stresses the positives: the primary surplus... has widened to nearly 10 billion euros and less than half of the funds allocated for social

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  5. Return to bond markets to buoy coalition, may leave SYRIZA floundering
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    the government's argument that it has followed the correct strategy vis a vis the country's... recession and runaway unemployment, has come under extreme scrutiny. The return to the bond markets... rehabilitation has moved into a new phase and to argue more convincingly that economy recovery might

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  6. SYRIZA stumbles again on way to May elections

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    party has dropped one candidate, another has been forced to step down, while a third may also have... a picture of him meeting Devlet Bahceli, who heads the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has direct links with the extremist Grey Wolves. Finally, pressure has also been put on another candidate

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  7. What kind of poll win does SYRIZA need to eye snap elections?
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    but the unreliability of opinion polls, and perhaps the instability of public opinion itself, means that it has been.... In this respect, it is interesting that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has finally put a figure on what margin... that it has a case for snap polls if it is not able to improve on the 26.9 percent of the vote

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  8. Five things to watch for in today's elections in Greece
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    has a genuine opportunity to challenge for power. Local elections, however, will also have a bearing... in Greece. Its margin of victory in the EU elections has ranged between around 1 and just over 4.... The Neo-Nazi party has also been polling well in opinion surveys ahead of the EU vote. It looks set

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  9. How Greek banks moved into a new era
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    it received from the banks. National has indicated it plans to redeem its preference shares worth 1.35... the ECB funding has been replaced by interbank lending. The bulk of the ECB funding collaterals of 49..., securitisations and covered bonds on top of higher interbank lending that has been evident so far. No Q1

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  10. Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)

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    of Haris Theoharis last week. The government has already called for candidates wanting to become Greece.... “Greece is suffering. Every household has at least one person who is unemployed or someone who is working... certainly has a busy agenda ahead of him. His first Eurogroup meeting will be on June 19, with Greece

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