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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... hit a brick wall. It lacked the conviction to make the tough changes in the public sector, to make

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?

    Economy

    is just one paving stone in this process. It signifies an end to one part of the crisis, which saw... percent, banks for 14 percent and pension and insurance funds for 4 percent. The Wall Street.... There is a flipside, though. For starters, the first day of trading for the new bond saw the yield climb

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  8. Newsletter 58 - 15/01/2016

    Newsletters

    , Mitsotakis saw off the competition from his rival Evangelos Meimarakis (52.4 vs 47.6 percent) to win Sunday’s.... Speaking to the Wall Street Journal this week, Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said that SYRIZA has.... Elected just over a year ago, the leftist party saw itself in the vanguard of the backlash against

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  9. Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016

    Newsletters

    strike saw one of the strongest turnouts in recent years, uniting a wide range of professionals... measures now that will last in order to make it sustainable. The general strike on Thursday saw one... a brick wall. This possibility has stoked speculation about the prime minister turning to other parties

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  10. Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
    Photo by Angelos Christofilopoulos/Fosphotos

    EconomyFeatures

    , with the exception of the lowest earners who saw their tax increase threefold between 2012-2014 (though from.... Households earning 12,000-16,000 euros saw their tax increased by 21 percent in 2012-2014 and 26 percent... to wall, and that is why professional politicians mostly avoid it, preferring instead to allude

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