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Lafazanis out of blocks early, announces anti-bailout party ahead of bailout vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe leader of SYRIZA’s Left Platform, Panayiotis Lafazanis, got out of the blocks early on Thursday as he announced the creation of an anti-bailout party several hours before Parliament was due to vote on the third bailout. In a statement signed by 11 other SYRIZA members but not high-profile MPs
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Coalition and New Democracy at odds over anti-government protests
PoliticsGreek Politics, before the July 5 referendum was called, when the government tacitly backed the anti-austerity
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Coalition braces for Sunday demo, ponders impact on cooperation
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is bracing itself for Sunday’s demonstration in Athens over the Macedonia name issue but does not seem to be deterred in its efforts to reach a settlement with Skopje. All eyes... that the government is trying to scare people out of attending Sunday’s rally and failing to criticise
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Quo vadis Germany? Sunday's elections leave many questions in need of answers
Agoraof Sunday’s vote. A total of 24 parties were on the ballot. Eight of them will be represented in the new... and voters appeared Sunday evening on television as if the Greens had lost the elections. In some ways
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Bookies' odds against SYRIZA emerging with majority from Sunday's elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsBookmakers appear confident that SYRIZA will win Sunday’s elections but without an outright majority. They also anticipate a close contest for the third place and believe it is more likely than not that Independent Greeks will enter Parliament. Election Winner The odds on SYRIZA winning
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Who voted "No" in Sunday's referendum?
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPublic Issue, one of the leading opinion polling companies in Greece, published on Monday the demographics of the “Nο” vote of Sunday’s referendum, providing useful insight into the outcome. The first important finding comes from the breakdown of the “No” vote by age group, which indicates
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek Politicsof lending her support to the anti-migrant policies implemented by New Democracy during her presidency... vying for the ultra-nationalist, anti-migrant vote, and at least the former two look set to enter... of migrants, while MeRA25 leader Yanis Varoufakis blamed the “fortress Europe” policy for the deaths
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Athens wary as exploratory talks with Turkey approach
PoliticsForeign Policyand his Greek counterpart on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Mevlut Cavusolglu urged Greece on Sunday... by Dendias in his latest interview, in Parapolitika newspaper last Sunday. “Turkey needs to prove... interview with To Vima last Sunday that “the reality is that we wished to have better results
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe going better”, and attributed the stalling response rate to hesitancy rather than outright anti-vax
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Govt hints at more relief, as economy and inflation jostle with pandemic as top public concerns
PoliticsGreek Politicsanti-inflation measures barely exceed a third of respondents, while 61 pct see the steps taken so far
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