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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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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
Agorawill be challenging in a Greek political landscape that is allergic to consensus and where mistrust... Tsipras significant capital given that his calls for a generous write-off are still fresh in the memory
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Candidates vie for votes as New Democracy leadership race enters final stretch
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy’s protracted leadership race has entered its final stretch ahead of Sunday’s run-off vote between interim leader Evangelos Meimarakis and former administrative reform minister Kyriakos.... The northern Greek city has become the battleground for the leadership race. Both Meimarakis
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Challenges mount for Tsipras as pension reform leads into make or break period
PoliticsGreek Politicsare all having an impact on the Greek political landscape. The SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition... forward its own pension reform plan and it may be the case that the government will try to play off
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A year on, Tsipras's SYRIZA in need of morale boost
PoliticsGreek Politicsoff the floor and convince them that there are better days ahead for SYRIZA and the country... SYRIZA as the underdog who has had to battle against the Greek and European establishment but is now
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