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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politics. Kammenos’s position has been well-documented and does not come as a surprise to Tsipras, who knows that he... other sources. The only question that SYRIZA has about ANEL is what stance it will take if New... from the party. One of those deputies, Thanassis Papachristopoulos, has stated his intention
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Tsipras looking to build momentum for elections after vote on name deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to start 2019 with the hope that he has the votes he needs... would like elections to be held on October. He added that he has not yet decided if the vote... government and make it clear to voters that the four-year cooperation with nationalist ANEL has come
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Economic sentiment at 101.6 in December, consumer confidence and retail trade strengthen
EconomyMacroeconomyin November, European Commission (EC) figures revealed on Tuesday. Sentiment has stayed above the 100-point... 2018, the ESI has risen by 0.3 points. Consumer confidence rose by 0.8 points to -35. Year-on-year, consumer confidence has improved by 15.3 points. December’s reading for consumer confidence
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Clearer picture ahead of confidence vote but Tsipras not secure yet
PoliticsGreek Politicsguarantees that he will achieve his goal. SYRIZA has 145 MPs and is counting on the vote of independent..., the prime minister knows that he has this majority secured. However, Tsipras made it clear on Sunday... longer if he does not obtain a clear majority. This means that he has until late on Wednesday
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New polls indicate support for recent measures, give SYRIZA glimmer of hope
PoliticsGreek Politicshas backing of 2.9 percent. It should be noted that the poll was conducted with May’s European..., the difference between the two parties is the smallest it has been for the last two years. SYRIZA appears... Democracy’s lead over SYRIZA has not had a discernible impact on voter’s preferences. A survey by ProRata
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Going for Growth: What next for Greece's economy and banks?
Agoralife. To give a clearer idea of what the country has been through, GDP in 2007 was 318.9 billion..., with a series of capital market suspensions and a stock market that has contracted by 83 pct (figure 1... which has raised 250 million euros of venture capital and witnessed a number of exits[10]. That said
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Tsipras prepares line-up for European elections as Mitsotakis tries to woo investors
PoliticsGreek Politicsis on domestic political issues, Mitsotakis has spent the last few days in the USA, where he spoke to investors... period. “These are measured tax cuts,” said Mitsotakis, echoing a message he has repeated since... in the build-up to the crisis. As a result, SYRIZA has positioned itself as being the defender of equitable
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Tsipras hammers out dividing lines, trumpets battle with 'elite'
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInsisting that national elections will be held in the autumn, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has... articles of the constitution can be revised by the next Parliament, Tsipras insisted that he has... minister has not yet made a final decision and the option of a snap election in May is still open
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Government makes last-minute change to main homes bill in bid to satisfy creditors
EconomyProgrammemortgages, the assessed value of homes has been set at 250,000 euros. For business loans... post-programme review has been completed and if Greece can receive 970 million euros from the latest... vote as New Democracy has indicated it will back the legislation, even though it criticised
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KINAL vies for space, plays hard-to-get ahead of elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsCentre-left Movement for Change (KINAL) has staked its claim for a say in the future of Greek... at the next parliamentary elections seemed to have been dealt a serious blow. However, the grouping has experienced a mini-revival over the last few months. This has been partly attributed
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