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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek Politicsis the one who led Greece out of the “memorandum era.” He believes this would help convince MPs... not fall in March. Failing that, the early exit from the bailout agreements would be one
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Does Greece need a third programme?
Agora, the primary surplus achieved in 2013 and the one expected for this year underline... economy, in particular as regards domestic and foreign investment capacity in Greece. One area where
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Election drums beating louder in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy-PASOK administration is just one of the developments that bode ill for the future... that the general secretaries, one of whom serves in the prime minister’s office, sense that snap polls
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Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
Agorahistoric events. Since then, there have been 10 general elections in Greece and only one (March... certainly be one for the history books. Nick Malkoutzis
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SMEs, backbone of Greek economy, have shed 27 pct of jobs since 2008
Economycorresponds to 630,000 fewer jobs. Over the same period, almost one in four (205,000) of the SMEs that existed in 2008 closed down, resulting in a reduction of the respective business volumes by one
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Greek crisis redux? Not exactly
Agorato investors a safe and binding monitoring arrangement for Greece, before the current one expires. It also... to "free Greece from the memorandums this year” is achieving the one thing that they sought to avoid
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Mixed messages continue to dog SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsshould cancel the troika memorandum “in one night” if it comes to power. “The eurozone should... to play down expectations about what it might do with regards to Greece’s debt. One of the key members
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Unpaid taxes for September fall to 1.03 bln but up 56.5 pct so far this year
EconomyMacroeconomySystems (GSIS) on Tuesday. The September figure is similar to the one recorded in June and July... percent in the 9-month period (from 33 percent by the end of August) and now stand at just one fifth
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Optimism and obstacles in Spain
AgoraAmid a worrying situation in the eurozone, with a stalled economic recovery and extremely low inflation, it seems that Spain is one of the few bright spots, or there is at least some optimism after... are going well, that the chosen strategy to overcome the crises has been the correct one,” Ángel Laborda
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SYRIZA's weak foreign, defence policy credentials a vulnerability
PoliticsForeign Policywith the troika in the next few months. The one area where Tsipras did suggest some changes is military... prove one of the party’s greatest vulnerabilities. Another development of note during Tsipras’s
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