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  1. Parry and thrust from Mitsotakis as Tsipras prepares for own offensive
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    With the election clock now ticking audibly in Athens, the political atmosphere has shifted... factor that could reshape calculations. Within the New Democracy camp, the mood has turned noticeably...% threshold, reviving concerns that the path to another outright majority has narrowed. Government

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  2. ND and PASOK turn fire on Tsipras’s new party as political tension escalates
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the peak of the country’s economic crisis. The launch of Alexis Tsipras’s new party this week has... political project, in the guise of the Greek Left Alliance (ELAS) has now triggered a reaction from both New... from the Tempe tragedy. The most striking development since the ELAS launch event on Tuesday has been

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  3. French entry into cable project reframed as geopolitical win amid recycling tenders scrutiny

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    structure itself. The GSI has been effectively frozen for two years after Turkish warships intervened... completed. In parallel, IPTO has completed the cost-benefit study for a related Cyprus-Israel link... and a further 100 mln from the RRF committed toward its 1.9 bln euro cost. However, EU backing has

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  4. Samaras gears up for return as Tsipras guns for first place in elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Alexis Tsipras has used the August lull to reassert his presence, amid a growing verbal battle.... According to Sunday’s Kathimerini, the former prime minister has abandoned the earlier strategy of unveiling the project close to the next election and has instead concluded that the political moment

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  5. PM faces fresh pressure as Turkish ties fray, pre‑election politics resume ahead of TIF

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    relations The government has effectively frozen high‑level political dialogue with Ankara after... waters beyond six nautical miles and has revived claims of “grey zones”, while one of the marine... Giorgos Gerapetritis has described the parks as “illegal” and without legal effect, stressing

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  6. Fight against tax evasion yields results, reveals challenges

    Society

    Improving tax collection in Greece has been one of the dominant themes over the past three years... in the eurozone. It was equivalent to 27.5 percent of GDP, making it one of nine euro-area members that has... of the Greek economy. In the European Union, Greece has by far the highest rate of self-employed people in its

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  7. The complexities of regaining market access: Could Greece learn from Portugal?
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    Agora

    a second financial assistance programme, the government has emphatically rejected the need to consider.... · Since mid-2012 the Portuguese government has repeatedly been forced by the Constitutional Court... advisor firm Tortus Capital has underlined, Portugal’s gradual opening of the capital market window

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  8. Goalposts shift as European elections near and SYRIZA cements lead

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    complained that the government would benefit from this. Now, the government has revealed plans to change the method of voting in the European Parliament elections. Since 1981, Greece has used a closed... has revealed its concern about May’s result. The outcome of the European Parliament elections

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  9. The wrong prescription
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    Agora

    As is customary by now the troika’s return to Athens has been accompanied by a flurry... to Greece’s economy. The troika expects Greece to adopt all the recommendations. The government has... products available only in pharmacies also has an impact on the ease with which a consumer can purchase

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  10. Jobs, hundreds of thousands of jobs
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    Agora

    generous when he pledged the creation of 770,000 jobs between now and 2020. Greece has been under the troika’s cosh for exactly four years. The most devastating cost has been the loss of 1 million jobs... for February 2014 was at 26.5 percent. At the same time, the number of people in employment has decreased

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