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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor surprise moves in the past but the latest one represents a high-risk strategy that just might help... for if the coalition survives. Loose ends This is one advantage of an early presidential vote for the government... the potential to backfire. One independent MP, Mimis Androulakis (ex-PASOK) took to Twitter
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Opposition parties' stance on president provides gov't with little hope so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA, the one-time coalition partner decided late on Wednesday that it would not make such a move... in the first round next Wednesday proves disappointing. One of the reasons that a left-leaning candidate... such an intention. In fact, one – Pavlos Haikalis – has said he will not vote for Dimas. This currently
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Newsletter 8 - 19/12/2014
calm for now Situation may change if general election follows December 29 vote One of the key concerns... identifying someone who had been one of its own a few years ago as a “committed European” and openly... that the media has been actively involved in sensationalising the claims of one side or the other without
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Newsletter 12 - 23/01/2015
prominently during the election campaign. Rather, one could frequently get the impression that private sector... future and its economic outlook. But when one listened to the vocal protagonists of this electoral... out to be advantageous in more ways than one. Not only can urgent issues be addressed beyond
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Understanding the German approach towards Greece
Agora, that motivation has only marginally increased with the actual establishment of one such party... of that belief. One paper, the centre-left SZ, even went as far as to suggest that Draghi (and not Germany... In the negotiations with the troika, and Germany as one important country behind the European
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First signs from new Greek government point to awkward meetings with lenders
EconomyProgrammestake of 8.4 percent in OLP. COSCO was one of the 5 qualified bidders for next phase of the tender. Note that COSCO, one of the largest Chinese state-owned conglomerates, signed a 35-year concession... Minister Panos Skourletis stressed on Tuesday that one of the government’s imminent priorities
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So far and yet so near for Greece and eurozone after second abortive Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat he was prepared to sign but that this was later changed to one that was not acceptable... that Varoufakis said he was satisfied with. The debate over the various draft statements is in one sense..., which is one of the eurozone’s main concerns about the SYRIZA-led coalition. At the same time, Greece
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The numbers behind Greece's reform proposals
EconomyProgrammethat the effective (collectable) amount stands at 9 billion and the government aims to bring one-third... a loan haircut for those below the poverty line, while loan servicing will be downward adjusted to one.... Procurements In an interview with Kathimerini daily on Sunday, Mardas said that one of the government’s
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Greece: The gathering storm
Agorafor the turbulence ahead. One is that the new Greek government is still on a steep learning curve... partners”. It was just one of several personal jibes from the German minister towards his Greek... with Varoufakis in one room and Schaeuble in another to thrash out a deal before the meeting
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The ECB's strict rules apply if you dare not comply
AgoraGreek banks are allowed to hold, one time on Greece's participation in the quantitative easing... stopped accepting Greek government securities as collateral, and one time in respect to the decision... of Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT). Just one week after the announcement - and before the LTRO
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