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Machinations give both coalition and SYRIZA hope of winning presidential vote
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe almost daily headcount of Greek MPs ahead of February's presidential elections is continuing...-aligned lawmakers to join its side. Therefore, Tsipras's efforts to pick the independents off one by one.... In such circumstances it could not be ruled out that the party’s deputies would move en masse to back
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Tsipras begins effort to avoid SYRIZA division over deal with creditors
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe list of Greek proposals was sent to the creditors. As expected, the fiercest opposition came..., it does not necessarily mean that PPC and ADMIE have to be sold off. If the government is able
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Between heaven and hell
Agorathe shopping costs for a week so those chores have to be put off until the next day, or the one... of the boat, Greeks are clinging to the words of Greek and European leaders in the hope
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First TV debate does little to fire up election contest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKoutsoubas, who argued that Popular Unity cannot claim to be truly focussed on the interest of Greek... a decade ago. This led to a brief, off- and on-camera exchange between the two men, with Meimarakis
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Tsipras confounds expectations, creates new doubts by reviving coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof SYRIZA and Independent Greeks picking up where they had left off a few weeks ago. Tsipras wasted... on nullifying his political opponents then this could create a poisonous atmosphere in Greek Parliament
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New Democracy decides on date for leadership vote, candidates get on the road
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy has decided to hold its leadership election on Sunday November 22, with a run-off vote between the two leading candidates (if needed) due to take place a week later, on November 29... wing, began his campaign with a trip to Cyprus, where he visited a memorial for Greeks and Greek
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Coalition starts to feel backlash from latest round of measures
PoliticsGreek Politics, to sign off on the release of the next bailout sub-tranche. It now looks likely that this could... for about 85,000 Greek families that send their children to private institutions. As is evident from
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Greece and lenders seen inching towards deal on ADMIE
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government and the institutions have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the privatisation of the electricity transmission company (ADMIE), which is one of the 13 milestones Greece... by local media, the first step involves the spin-off of ADMIE from Public Power Corporation (PPC
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Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
PoliticsGreek Politicsgrants second-generation migrants to claim Greek citizenship. The citizenship law was passed in June... the run-off vote against Evangelos Meimarakis takes place on January 10. The results of the first round
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Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
PoliticsGreek Politicswas prime minister. Karamanlis and his supporters are backing Evangelos Meimarakis in the run-off vote... with Mitsotakis. All this underlines just how finely balanced Greek politics is as the moment.
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