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New obstacle for privatisations as court blocks sale of water firm
EconomyGreece’s highest administrative court has blocked the sale of the Athens water company, raising new... was completed on May 11, 2012. The Council of State’s decision followed a petition filed by Athenians... a network which is unique in the Attica region and is part of the company’s assets. Such water and sewerage
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics, Stournaras received ample criticism from New Democracy officials, who believe the government’s tough... of Greece’s lenders. They wanted the job of monitoring revenues, forming collection policies.... Greece’s lenders will also be sceptical about plans to replace Stournaras. Finding a suitable candidate
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Stomach for the fight
Agoraof holding a referendum on Greece’s bailout terms in late 2011. Venizelos checked into the hospital... leader’s stomach turn this time. It is a fact of political life that reshuffles take place... and disbelief as Monday’s. Nobody was expecting Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to pull rabbits out of his hat
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Sparks to fly as coalition and SYRIZA clash over electricity sell-off
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Greeks may be anticipating their holidays but the tension in the country’s politics is being steadily ratcheted up. The mixed messages delivered by the Greek electorate in May’s local and European... elections is now clear: The sale of part of Greece’s electricity monopoly, the Public Power Corporation
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Return of coastal bill may give SYRIZA new chance to build support
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe coalition over legislation aiming to make it easier to develop Greece’s coastline...’ movements and local communities who are against the development of Greece’s coastline... development. The only aspect linking the two issues is privatisation as in many people’s minds the coastal
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Samaras seeks late summer boost from talks with troika in Paris
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the lustre from the government’s attempt to claim a public relations victory. Now, the government’s... with the troika’s blessing to reduce a number of taxes. It would also like to reduce the solidarity tax... foreclosure for another year and secure the troika’s approval for adjustments to the single property tax
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Vast majority of Greeks pessimistic on prospects of recovery despite coalition efforts
SocietyThe coalition’s efforts to convince Greeks that an economic recovery is on its way after six years... countries when it comes to people’s views on the current economic situation as well. Just 2 percent of Greeks believe the country’s economy is in “good” condition, while 97 percent think things
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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the remaining pool of 200 MPs. The government said that only one of the eight MPs (PASOK’s... had not gone far enough in correct ENFIA’s initial errors and easing the burden on a range... Democracy’s Lefteris Avgenakis, had spoken out against ENFIA before the vote. The government insisted
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PASOK's growing internal strife hampering Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTree alliance. This has prompted many within the party to question PASOK’s role in the government... slowed the government’s work while also making investors wary about doing business in Greece. According to reports, Chrysochoidis also directly questioned Venizelos’s leadership of the party, criticising
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Election drums beating louder in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the opposition have also created the possibility that elections may be called before Papoulias’s... that the option of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras bringing a premature end to this government’s time..., there has also been tension about the role of Samaras’s close adviser, Chrysanthos Lazaridis. Finance
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