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  1. Greece and the euro: The flight of Icarus

    Agora

    , as some of the people in the audience today will know very well. Greece saw joining the euro as part... meant structural factors were overlooked. A period of belt-tightening before euro entry saw Greece’s... of terminal decline. During the late 90s and early part of the last decade, it had moved away from

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  2. Newsletter 402 - 17/11/2023

    Newsletters

    the disciplinary process. Some within the party saw this is a crude power play by Kasselakis... risks for the SYRIZA chief as the division visible now could be deemed terminal for the party’s... is persistent, rising by 9.9 pct, accelerating from September. Basic goods saw some

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  3. Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
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    Agora

    “Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided

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  4. ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among

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  5. Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023

    Newsletters

    PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further

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  6. Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six

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  7. Newsletter 488 - 12/12/2025

    Newsletters

    others saw them as legitimate pressure. The findings highlighted the government’s dilemma: appearing... MPs vented frustration at Tsiaras, warning they were being “beaten up out there” and even feared

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  8. Three investment groups table binding offers for Thessaloniki Port
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    Economy

    of container terminals. It is involved in 30 terminal concessions and port development projects in 20 countries... (OLTH). Binding bids were submitted by the International Container Terminal Services (Philippines...), Belterra Investments and Terminal Link. During the previous phase concluded in July 2014, eight investment

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  9. Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015

    Newsletters

    reached 0.76 billion in December 2010, a year that saw total outflows of 29.44 billion. Similarly... container terminal investment in the port of Piraeus have committed more than four billion euros

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  10. Government tables 2016 budget, upgrades GDP forecasts but leaves fiscal estimates unchanged
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    estimates released in early November, which saw a GDP contraction of 1.4 percent. For next year, the EC... Lottery Terminal (VLTs) and the new tax of 0.05 euros per column on OPAP games. In contrast to revenues

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