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Tempe-related tension, cost of living continue to dog government
PoliticsGreek Politicsof preserving and protecting the monument which is situated in front of the House. The issue has... in Kathimerini explains how for more than eight months, a grassroots group called “Till the End” has... conservatives' opponents — public dissatisfaction with government performance is clear, but PASOK has yet
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Newsletter 108 - 24/02/2017
and the lenders did not reveal what fiscal impact these measures must have. The International Monetary Fund has... of measures would be agreed together and would apply from 1 January 2019. What the coalition has... has made it clear that it wants Berlin to relax its demands for a 3.5 percent of GDP primary
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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... administration chief. Even today, Theoharis only has partial control over the Financial Crimes Squad... list of Greeks who had deposits at the Geneva branch of HSBC. All along, the political system has
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If it's stability you're looking for...
AgoraThe September 20 election, the second this year, has probably generated more questions about Greece’s political future and how stable it will be than it has answered. Repetition, it seems, has failed... has stripped SYRIZA of its most cantankerous lawmakers and made the party more homogeneous. The so
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Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015
) with the budget primary surplus seen at 5.75 billion. However, as this year’s fiscal target has been After... that he is not anathema to the reformists and his long presence in the party means that he has a strong relationship with the party heavyweights. Mitsotakis, who has staged the most prominent campaign
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Holding out for a (reformist) hero
Agorato Greece’s rescue. Reality, though, has been equally consistent in shattering their illusions... that liberal thought takes root within his party when it also has limited appeal among Greek voters... Secondly, Greece is in the process of a political transition that has undermined traditional parties
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Coalition's future in question over minister's gaffe
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Macedonia. As the issue has festered for so long, it has become a matter of great political sensitivity in Greece, even though the current government has engaged in confidence-building measures... of Macedonia (FYROM) simply as “Macedonia.” Greece has been in dispute with its northern neighbour
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Tsipras and Kammenos set aside speculation and focus on coalition's key goals
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures. Lately, the coalition has also started to focus on a political clean-up operation by focussing...’s office to insist, as he has done before, that SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) will remain... to lead to a sudden breakdown in their relationship for the simple reason that neither has any other
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Newsletter 187 -14/12/2018
from the fact that Kammenos has no intention of intentionally bringing the government’s time.... The centrist party has six MPs, but it appears that two of them are not going to vote.... Nevertheless, the four remaining votes that To Potami has to offer could be crucial to the outcome
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Fears and reassurances over PPC's dire finances
EconomyFeaturesa billion euros from continued operations, the future of the Public Power Corporation (PPC) has been a topic of hot debate in recent weeks. What caused the company’s finances to turn so dire has also come... units, the net loss came closer to one billion euros. Criticism has come flying from all sides
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