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SYRIZA's only chance
Agorathis support is offering to be bolder on certain reforms than previous governments. SYRIZA’s focus has... for the future than a reduction in the public debt or a faster rate of growth. In fact, securing the last
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SYRIZA heading for big but maybe not conclusive win, exit polls suggest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of exit polls, made public as polling centers closed at 7 p.m., indicate that SYRIZA will achieve a much larger margin of victory than expected but is not guaranteed to get... receiving between 23 and 27 percent, which is lower than most surveys had predicted. Regardless
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SYRIZA heading for Independent Greeks coalition, with uncertain consequences
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor their fellow anti-austerity party as a partner rather than seeking an agreement with centrist To Potami... that in the short-term a SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition would create more questions than answers about Greece
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicswinning margin of more than 8.5 percentage points raises questions about whether Samaras will be able... than stressing what the government had achieved in the previous two years. There was also
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign policy, rather than bailout terms or debt relief, is emerging as the first potential point of conflict between Greece and the European Union after the SYRIZA-led government indicated... to George Papandreou when he was a foreign minister more than a decade ago. He is also one
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Greek market jitters evident as investors dump shares and bonds
EconomyThe Greek stock market remained deep in the red for the third straight session on Wednesday, tumbling by 9.24 percent. Wednesday’s performance follows a sharp drop of more than 3 percent in each... Authority stock also suffered a heavy sell off, closing down more than 7 percent after the government
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the mandate he received rather than to reach a quick compromise that will ease nerves on all side. His.... There was an outflow of more than 4 billion euros in deposits in December, while the January figure
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What are Greek coalition's plans for privatisation programme?
Economyby the Technical Chamber of Greece, showing that its value was worth 3 billion euros, more than 3 times higher than the accepted financial offer of the sole bidder. In an interview with BBC on Friday
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After rocky start, some political backing for SYRIZA but ECB holds key
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMichel Sapin after the pair held talks in Paris. In a more measured performance than his appearance... of a high deposit outflow in December and January (more than 14 billion euros in total) Greek banks
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Prospect of eurozone deal calms nerves on stock, bond markets
Economyof 16.4 percent in just two days, more than offsetting the cumulative losses of 14.1 percent last week... than half of the market turnover. Including OTE and OPAP, the trading activity in those six stocks
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