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Elections results present fresh challenges for SYRIZA and New Democracy
PoliticsGreek Politicsas possible.” It is far from the first time that SYRIZA has asked for snap polls but the first time it has... while retaining its credibility. SYRIZA has often undermined itself in the last few months.... A lack of belief in SYRIZA being able to manage key political issues has been one of the main factors
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor revenues, Haris Theocharis. In fact, there were reports on Thursday that Theocharis has been asked... will certainly be a challenge for the Greek government. It has been reported that Venizelos has acquiesced to the candidate coming from New Democracy’s ranks. This means Samaras has only a small pool
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agoracherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that victory on the field has the power to transform people’s lives and a nation’s course. Sport could... on the principle of self-sacrifice and the current manager, Portugal’s Santos, has stuck to the theory
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicsnext bailout sub-tranche of 1 billion euros in August, Greece also has to complete some 600 other..., therefore, is proposing that the talks begin as soon as it has been established that fiscal..., publicly questioned the public sector mobility scheme and dismissal of civil servants. Greece has
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End of troika in Greece would create new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof questions. Firstly, there is the issue of whether a government whose parliamentary majority has been whittled down to just two and which may be forced to go to snap elections early next year has..., there must be doubts about whether the coalition, ridden with reform fatigue, has the energy
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Worsening EU-Russia ties leave Greek coalition in precarious position
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe European Union’s deteriorating relationship with Russia has placed the Greek government... 178 million euros worth of products to Russia last year and the government has been desperately.... This opened a window of opportunity for SYRIZA, which has sought closer ties with Russia in recent
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GSEE report stresses risks on employment and the pension system, outlines burden on wages
Societylabor cost by 16 percent has been converted only by one fifth in increased price competitiveness... and has gradually dropped to 65 percent in 2014. As a result, the deviation between real wages in Greece and the EU average has significantly risen at levels that are comparable to those in the 1980s
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Athens pleased with Brussels appointments but new Commissioner faces big task
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPositive news from Brussels has been somewhat of a rarity for Greece over the last few years... it as an “honour” that Avramopoulos was given the new post, which has a broad range of responsibilities... arm. Athens has been calling for the EU to take on a more active role in dealing with irregular
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Samaras plots early bailout exit, plays down debt relief as Merkel remains tight-lipped
PoliticsGreek Politics’ visits has been a highly politically charged affair, usually resulting in the government having to push through fiscal measures or structural reforms. This has given opposition parties regular... to continue backing the government, whose popularity has been sliding since May’s local and European
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agorawas, in the public eye, invariably blamed on the property tax that has proved deeply unpopular in a country where 80... tax kills,” read one newspaper headline. For a friend in his mid-50s who has been desperately looking... EU-imposed austerity has been replaced by resignation and despondency. And in this sense, the death
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