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SYRIZA heading for big but maybe not conclusive win, exit polls suggest
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first round of exit polls, made public as polling centers closed at 7 p.m., indicate that SYRIZA will achieve a much larger margin of victory than expected but is not guaranteed to get... receiving between 23 and 27 percent, which is lower than most surveys had predicted. Regardless
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SYRIZA heading for Independent Greeks coalition, with uncertain consequences
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor their fellow anti-austerity party as a partner rather than seeking an agreement with centrist To Potami... that in the short-term a SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition would create more questions than answers about Greece
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New Democracy and PASOK ponder next moves after election defeat
PoliticsGreek Politicswinning margin of more than 8.5 percentage points raises questions about whether Samaras will be able... than stressing what the government had achieved in the previous two years. There was also
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Foreign policy emerges as potential point of friction between EU and new Greek government
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign policy, rather than bailout terms or debt relief, is emerging as the first potential point of conflict between Greece and the European Union after the SYRIZA-led government indicated... to George Papandreou when he was a foreign minister more than a decade ago. He is also one
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Greek market jitters evident as investors dump shares and bonds
EconomyThe Greek stock market remained deep in the red for the third straight session on Wednesday, tumbling by 9.24 percent. Wednesday’s performance follows a sharp drop of more than 3 percent in each... Authority stock also suffered a heavy sell off, closing down more than 7 percent after the government
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What are Greek coalition's plans for privatisation programme?
Economyby the Technical Chamber of Greece, showing that its value was worth 3 billion euros, more than 3 times higher than the accepted financial offer of the sole bidder. In an interview with BBC on Friday
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After rocky start, some political backing for SYRIZA but ECB holds key
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMichel Sapin after the pair held talks in Paris. In a more measured performance than his appearance... of a high deposit outflow in December and January (more than 14 billion euros in total) Greek banks
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Greek coalition sets out plans for public sector, wages and pensions
PoliticsGreek Politicsand unions rather than in one go. It is estimated some 300,000 Greeks earn the minimum wage. Instead... for pensioners earning less than 700 euros a month. It is estimated that these interventions will cost
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Another euro stitch unpicked
Agoraa case of denial, the new coalition is left in no other position than to downplay the significance... was withdrawn from Greek banks in December and January, which is much higher than usual. While ELA could
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What are the implications of the ECB's decision for Greek banks?
Economyamount is less than 10 billion, around 4-5 billion for pillar III and close to 5 billion for GGBs. Until... above the ECB funding cost of 0.05 percent. However, it is still lower than the average time
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