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Election drums beating louder in Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe possibility of snap general elections being called is never far away in Greece: After all, the country has not had elections at the end of a full term since June 1989. Over the last few months there has been increasing speculation about Greece going to the polls again early next year
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Greek time deposit rates fall further in August
EconomyMacroeconomy) slightly increased to 14.46 percent. Overall, the average loan rate in all business segments fell
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DIMAR won't vote for coalition's presidential candidate, wants SYRIZA alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsto remain on hold because all the recent opinion polls have shown Democratic Left well below the 3 percent
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DIMAR left in disarray after failed attempt to oust Kouvelis
PoliticsGreek Politicsis looking for at least another 26 votes and the DIMAR camp will only yield a few of these, if any at all
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
AgoraGreeks. “It’s a lesson to all those Germans who think Greeks are freeloaders. We are actually dying
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Troika leaves with key issues pending and clock ticking for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the labour market have not been discussed at all. The government has drawn so called “red lines
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Growth, recovery, change and other words lost in the wind
Agora. In this context, words become so devalued they really don’t mean that much at all. Further on down the road
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Coalition wins confidence vote but gets little encouragement for presidential ballot
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe coalition sailed through Friday night's confidence vote, gaining the support of all of its 155 MPs, but failing to attract any others to its camp, with only two lawmakers voting "present" and 131 against the government. The party leader's speeches were broadly along the expected lines
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Venizelos under further pressure as PASOK grows ever more anxious
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the Olive Tree as a “concoction” that failed. All the signs are that a confused and fractious PASOK
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Samaras blames SYRIZA for market jitters but his main strategy is at risk
PoliticsGreek Politicswill lead to relations with the eurozone souring and investors losing all confidence. SYRIZA has been giving
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