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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Parties locked in tug of war over troubled universities
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    Society

    against a backdrop of campaigns by academic staff and students to highlight campus security issues... was built upon by subsequent governments and extended with a strategy which saw the creation of numerous... of the Diamantopoulou law criticised what it saw as a deep politicisation of decision-making on all

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  7. Government being tested on multiple fronts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    come from the private University of Nicosia in partnership with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners regarding the creation of a private medical school in Greece. CVC is already invested in the Greek

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  8. Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
    Finance Ministry

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....

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  9. VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
    Finance Ministry

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....

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  10. Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . Against this backdrop, which suggests that Greece is moving closer to snap general polls, the language... narrowing compared to last month. Kapa Research saw SYRIZA’s lead being reduced from 3.6 percentage

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