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Parties step up battle for voters in election home stretch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith just a few days left until the May 21 elections, the jousting between the two main parties is becoming more intense. New Democracy argues that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is running out... companies that only around have of these voters will participate on May 21.
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Industrial turnover posts slowest growth in 2 years, up 1.5 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomygrowing ever since. In May last year, with growth of 54 percent annually, the index posted... month to 2.6 points after six months of negative readings. Since May last year, industry confidence
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Formalities proceed, paving way for June 25 vote and tough questions for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the Parliament elected on May 21 to be sworn in on Sunday, before the House is dissolved a day later... Research sees ND’s support rising to 41.3 pct, up by half a point on its May 21 score, and SYRIZA falling
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ND aims to see off threat from right, with focus on fringe religious party
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe surprise performance of smaller parties in the May 21 elections has New Democracy worried about the potential for a dilution of the vote in the upcoming re-rerun scheduled in a month’s time... of the May 21 elections were surprising in several respects, the most consequential of which
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Tax policy propelled to top of agenda for second elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsto fund their economic programme. The socialists, who came third in May’s elections, have found.... On the eve of the May 21 elections, the SYRIZA campaign was thrown into disarray by claims
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Mitsotakis enters last week of campaign with confidence, high ratings
PoliticsGreek Politicspublished in the wake of the May 21 elections indicated that seven parties will enter Parliament after... in the May elections by the Supreme Court. He is currently serving a prison sentence for his part
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Attention turns to next government as Mitsotakis holds convincing lead over rivals
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGeorgiadis. The competencies of Georgiadis’s former department, the Development Ministry, may change.... The participation in the May 21 elections was 60.9 pct, up from 57.8 pct in 2019 and a low of 56.2 pct
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Mitsotakis makes final push for comfortable majority as small parties hold key
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat 94 pct of voters who participated in the first election on May 21 are minded to vote again... to win a majority. Should there be only five parties in Parliament, as was the case after the May 25
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Tsipras resigns, paves way for leadership contest at SYRIZA as left looks to regroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsa traumatic few weeks. After running a poor campaign for the first election on May 21, the leftists saw... from 61 pct in May to 52.8 pct) and the rise of several fringe parties contributed to SYRIZA’s share
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Retail sales rise by 1.5 pct in Apr, food volumes down by 4.2 pct
EconomyMacroeconomya strong drop in May, up by 19 points from July last year. Overall, Greece’s economic sentiment (ESI) recorded a solid rise of almost 2 points in June, after a minor 0.6-point drop in May.
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