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PASOK's future hangs in balance as Greece prepares for EU vote
PoliticsGreek Politicstook over the leadership of PASOK in March 2012, when it was the leading party in the interim
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Greece stuck in the long tunnel of political transition
Agoraalliance took just over 8 percent of the vote. It was slightly more than expected but PASOK still
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EU vote highlights Greek center-left's urgent need for renewal
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the June 2012 general elections, when PASOK and DIMAR took 18.5 percent in total, support for the centre
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Is post-election just pre-election in Greece?
Agorawith the Second Economic Adjustment Programme. We should not forget that the last review mission took eight
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SYRIZA leads in most age groups, professions but coalition parties dominant among pensioners
PoliticsGreek Politics. As for housewives, New Democracy took 30.3 percent of their support against 28.5 percent for SYRIZA. When
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Tax chief's departure brings coalition revenue plans under scrutiny
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe resignation on Thursday of Greece’s chief tax collector, Haris Theoharis, has raised questions about the Greek government’s commitment to creating a genuinely independent revenue service and meeting the troika’s demands. Theoharis, an IT expert, took over as general secretary of revenues
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe naming of economist Gikas Hardouvelis as Greece’s new finance minister took most observers by surprise but the big challenges awaiting him are no secret. Hardouvelis’s appointment caught many off guard because his name was not among more than half a dozen that had been linked with the post over
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Electricity strike nipped in bud, leaving political loose ends
PoliticsGreek Politics. There is already and uneasiness in the party after it took just 8 percent of the vote in the European
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DIMAR imploding and leaving gap in Greek center left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocratic Left (DIMAR), once the junior partner in a three-party governing coalition, is in danger of complete collapse after losing two more MPs, who took parting shots at its leader Fotis Kouvelis, on Thursday. DIMAR's decision to quit the government in June 2013, a year after joining
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In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe late Communist Party general secretary Harilaos Florakis took a trip to the secluded monasteries
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