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The demand for Greek debt relief: Is the cart being put before the horse?
Agorabudget surplus (before debt servicing) in 2013 (earlier than predicted) and in 2014, albeit at a lower level in the past year than initially projected. Hence, one key condition of such a grand debt
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SYRIZA's only chance
Agorathis support is offering to be bolder on certain reforms than previous governments. SYRIZA’s focus has... for the future than a reduction in the public debt or a faster rate of growth. In fact, securing the last
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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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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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Prospect of eurozone deal calms nerves on stock, bond markets
Economyof 16.4 percent in just two days, more than offsetting the cumulative losses of 14.1 percent last week... than half of the market turnover. Including OTE and OPAP, the trading activity in those six stocks
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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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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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