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Breaking up is hard to do
Agorafor more than four decades. The thorniest issue, which has haunted the process from the beginning, is related to the status of the Irish Border post-Brexit. Theresa May has insisted that the result... will be leaving both the EU single market and the customs union. At the same time, May’s government has
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SYRIZA scrutinised over watchdog appointment as education hirings confirmed
PoliticsGreek Politicsand SYRIZA, which has been a recurring theme since the leftists and the neo-Nazi party voted against... the Competition Commission, the political clash over her appointment has mostly to do with the upcoming elections... that it has enough loyalists within the public administration and the system of governance at large
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to start 2019 with the hope that he has the votes he needs... would like elections to be held on October. He added that he has not yet decided if the vote... government and make it clear to voters that the four-year cooperation with nationalist ANEL has come
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Economic sentiment at 101.6 in December, consumer confidence and retail trade strengthen
EconomyMacroeconomyin November, European Commission (EC) figures revealed on Tuesday. Sentiment has stayed above the 100-point... 2018, the ESI has risen by 0.3 points. Consumer confidence rose by 0.8 points to -35. Year-on-year, consumer confidence has improved by 15.3 points. December’s reading for consumer confidence
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsguarantees that he will achieve his goal. SYRIZA has 145 MPs and is counting on the vote of independent..., the prime minister knows that he has this majority secured. However, Tsipras made it clear on Sunday... longer if he does not obtain a clear majority. This means that he has until late on Wednesday
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Lenders fret over reform delays as Brussels revises 2019 growth forecast upwards to 2.2 pct
EconomyProgrammein 2018, around 2 billion euros remained unpaid at the end of December. The Finance Ministry has argued..., the privatisation fund, HRADF, has submitted an Asset Development Plan and is hiring technical... concession. Perhaps, the key issue that has to be addressed is the framework that will replace
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New polls indicate support for recent measures, give SYRIZA glimmer of hope
PoliticsGreek Politicshas backing of 2.9 percent. It should be noted that the poll was conducted with May’s European..., the difference between the two parties is the smallest it has been for the last two years. SYRIZA appears... Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has not had a discernible impact on voter’s preferences. A survey by ProRata
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Going for Growth: What next for Greece's economy and banks?
Agoralife. To give a clearer idea of what the country has been through, GDP in 2007 was 318.9 billion..., with a series of capital market suspensions and a stock market that has contracted by 83 pct (figure 1... which has raised 250 million euros of venture capital and witnessed a number of exits[10]. That said
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Tsipras prepares line-up for European elections as Mitsotakis tries to woo investors
PoliticsGreek Politicsis on domestic political issues, Mitsotakis has spent the last few days in the USA, where he spoke to investors... period. “These are measured tax cuts,” said Mitsotakis, echoing a message he has repeated since... in the build-up to the crisis. As a result, SYRIZA has positioned itself as being the defender of equitable
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Tsipras hammers out dividing lines, trumpets battle with 'elite'
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInsisting that national elections will be held in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has... articles of the constitution can be revised by the next Parliament, Tsipras insisted that he has... minister has not yet made a final decision and the option of a snap election in May is still open
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