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Surveillance hearings in Athens and Brussels highlight contrasting approaches to issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsto call PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis, former EYP head Panagiotis Kontoleon and representatives of two... to call the PM’s former general secretary Grigoris Dimitriadis, who acted as the political supervisor... keen to call both Dimitriadis and the former heads of EYP, who had invoked secrecy laws to avoid
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Tsipras forges ahead with referendum as lenders hold back, wait for result
PoliticsGreek Politicshis call for a “No” vote, repeating his belief that this would help the government reach a better deal... would not implement the deal but would then call national elections. However, it is difficult... complications is extremely pressing. The indications for Sunday’s vote so far is that will be a close call
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Explanations sought as PM backs away from prospect of early elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe fallout from Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s insistence this week that he does not have plans to call... on Wednesday and in a radio interview on Thursday, it was thought that he was minded to call elections... and call snap elections, his comments this week, including the suggestion that seeing out the four
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Inquiry into surveillance scandal begins as ND feeds speculation about change to election law
PoliticsGreek Politicsto either change the electoral law or call snap elections, or even both. Speaking on Tuesday, SYRIZA... and call snap elections before it has to table next year’s budget, which is usually adopted by Parliament... Development Fund (HRADF), Stergios Pitsiorlas, in which he expressed his disappointment at finding out that he
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Newsletter 6 - 5/12/2014
as he would like, is to go directly to the people, to call snap elections before the presidential... precipitated the decision of then Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis to call snap elections in October 2009... Papandreou in 2009. After winning the European Parliament elections (36.6 percent for PASOK vs 32.3
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Rise of fringe party complicates election arithmetic
PoliticsGreek Politicsto appear before the committee since the correct process is for the panel to call experts to speak... on the committee to call ADAE chief Christos Rammos if the ND deputies do not relent. SYRIZA and PASOK... consternation among New Democracy officials as it would impact the percentage of votes that the winning party
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Tanker diplomacy gets Athens into hot waters over Russia sanctions
PoliticsGreek Politicsmost damaging lines from the Tempe affair. PASOK spokesman Kostas Tsoukalas said the finding vindicates the party's original call for a pre-inquiry committee. He pointedly recalled Justice Minister.... The timing suggests these developments will weigh heavily on the decision to call elections, which
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Newsletter 42 - 11/09/2015
indicators suggest the result is still too close to call, either in terms of winners and losers... that these “outsiders” – if we may call them as such for the sake of the argument – care very much... scenario for the four core banks. Although the binding scenario was the baseline, the Greek banks
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HRADF's updated asset development plan sets out next batch of privatisations
EconomyProgrammethat HRADF will call for the hiring of advisors for the sale of its 30 percent stake held in AIA. A similar call for hiring of advisors is also due for the sale of HRADF holdings in Hellenic Petroleum (35... closing of the transaction. Furthermore, the deadline for the submission of binding offers
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Athens takes plunge on gas exploration, sees hope in Israel-Lebanon deal
PoliticsForeign Policyno right to sign any binding agreement. According to Kathimerini’s story on Sunday, Mitsotakis informed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in their recent phone call about these developments... to avoid any fait accomplis regarding future talks with Greece, Libya may call Turkey to begin seismic
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