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Tussle over arms deal sets tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politicswas to be paid to the middleman) meant that the opposition parties were not able to put the defence..., it appears that this issue has not been put to bed. On Tuesday morning, New Democracy asked for all those... could put pressure on Kammenos and Tsipras, who gave his full support to his minister on Monday
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Football chairman's actions threaten to blow coalition off course again
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government was forced to put to one side on Monday the tension with Turkey and clashes with New... a refereeing decision has put the coalition in a tight spot. Russian-Greek businessman Savvidis reacted... also run into a number of problems. In December, privatisation fund HRADF had to put off the signing
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Left looks to France for inspiration as SYRIZA postpones key decisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsto follow in their bid to challenge New Democracy’s dominance, SYRIZA appears to have put on hold any... for his effort to overhaul the leftists. Observers see Sunday’s decision as an attempt to put off.... Commenting from France, the ex-PM said: “When progressive forces put aside their ego and leave
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Blame game follows collapse of Cyprus reunification talks
PoliticsForeign Policyof the security arrangement in 15 years. AKEL, however, citing EU and UN sources that put the blame... proposal to be put in writing. These sources claim that during talks on Thursday evening the conditions... but with the pre-requisite that Ankara would put in writing its commitment to withdraw its interventionist rights
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Coalition turns to growth plan for relief from negativity, poor poll numbers
PoliticsGreek Politicsplaying a key role in promoting the plan, which was put together by Economy Minister Dimitris.... The government’s growth strategy will be put to public consultation at these events. The 260-page scheme... poll published in Saturday’s Parapolitika newspaper put New Democracy almost 15 points ahead
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Opposition parties jostle over criminal charges for politicians in connection to Tempe
PoliticsGreek Politicson the railways due to a failure to put in place and maintain adequate safety standards. It makes reference... to smear the government, in a statement put out by party sources which attempts to pick apart the arguments put forward by PASOK. The conservatives say they are studying the evidence submitted
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyand problem solving is considerably smaller than the OECD average, an adult skills audit... are closer to the OECD average for that age group (4.4 and 4.8 percent, respectively) than 16-24 year... and their OECD peers is greater than that of older Greeks with the average in that age group. Around 4.6
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Developments in Novartis probe signal new, bitter phase in pre-election battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will launch proceedings against current government officials in connection to the way... signals that we have entered a new and even more bitter stage of proceedings ahead of the general
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Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists
PoliticsGreek Politics, two more surveys put SYRIZA even further ahead. On January 22, a Public Issue poll for Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper put SYRIZA on 31.5 percent, against 28 for New Democracy. Poll by @publicissue... for To Pontiki weekly also put SYRIZA comfortably ahead of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s party
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Tsipras keeps IMF waiting, turns focus to MPs and opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he considers some of the proposals put forward by the institutions unacceptable. He is believed... not been confirmed. What he will certainly want to do, though, is put the opposition parties on the spot... leaders confirm the plan put on the table by the institutions is not acceptable to them. This would give
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