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Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
Agorafrom a cut to spending on existing pensions. This is a tall order for the Greek coalition. Even if one... surplus target being beaten by 1.5 percentage points in 2016 (an assessment that the European
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More than half of small businesses saw turnover dive by at least 50 pct due to capital controls
Economyexceeding 70 percent. Overall, nine out of ten companies saw a decline in their revenues with the overall
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The year that Greece (nearly) saw it all
Agorathe eurozone many more. They saw SYRIZA come to power from virtually nowhere a few years earlier
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Newsletter 435 - 04/10/2024
PoliticsIn top spot, New Democracy sets concerns aside to celebrateNew Democracy prepared to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Friday, slightly rattled by recent events but still standing tall over.... As usual, the investment boom did not materialise and the government now sees gross capital formation
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Resignations over EU subsidy scandal deliver new blow to PM, further tarnishing image
PoliticsGreek Politicsput ND on a trajectory that makes a third parliamentary majority look like an increasingly tall order... for a business-as-usual approach as the conversations pointed to a widespread and systematic fraud that senior
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Agreement creates array of political challenges for Tsipras, who must move fast
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks (ANEL), on Monday afternoon. Both parties’ parliamentary groups are due to gather on Tuesday morning to assess the content of the agreement. There are a number of demands which SYRIZA and/or ANEL... Greek Parliament. This will be a tall order for the coalition, although there have been reports
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
In a non-paper issued on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry clarified that budget revenues had beaten..., even though SYRIZA’s governing partner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), did not back it. This was not a surprise as Greek Orthodox hardliners are among the party’s core supporters. ANEL’s refusal
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Summit to usher in a new stage of EU-China relations
Agora. There has been a salvo of critical remarks that the Italian government signed a Memorandum... machinery will surely make their usual noises, but China doesn’t have the luxury of a headlong clash...+1, all eyes being on the usual suspect Greece. Therefore, whether or not the EU can have its ducks
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Coalition indicates it will keep focus on corruption allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicspartner, Independent Greeks (ANEL), as it takes attention away from the bickering within the government as a result of Defence Minister, and ANEL leader, Panos Kammenos’s row with former Foreign... might see out its four-year term. In effect, though, he confirmed that if Kammenos pulls ANEL out
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Newsletter 355 - 14/10/2022
message to the electorate. SYRIZA is on a similar footing as it is also preparing to engage.... This is rather tall order when inflation is eating up disposable income by a rate of 12 pct in September
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