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The main political scenarios ahead for Greece should it reach a deal with lenders
PoliticsGreek Politicswith President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at the same time as a crucial Eurogroup was taking place... with lenders. This would be similar to the PASOK-New Democracy-LAOS interim government led by ex-central
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Apartment prices rise by 7.5 pct in Q4 and 7.2 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyapartments, classified as over five years old, saw their prices increase by 6.6 percent in Q4 versus a downward revised increase of 8.1 percent in Q3. Across 2019, old apartments saw an average price increase of 6.9 percent compared to a rise of 1.7 percent in 2018. In 2017, old apartments saw
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Greek banks push for return to normality
EconomyBankingyear. Moody’s saw the bank’s capital at comfortable levels, with the CET1 ratio for the total... programme is already winding down with net purchases currently at 30 billion euros up to September
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Amid publicity storm, Tsipras publishes 'Ithaca' and fuels speculation about new journey
PoliticsGreek Politics, Wolfgang Schäuble, Barack Obama, and Vladimir Putin, insisting he never contemplated Greece’s exit from... alone, taken to resist what he saw as a creditor “trap,” and argues that the “No” vote forced lenders... determined to derail negotiations, Putin’s blunt refusal to provide even symbolic financial support
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Row with church too much for Tsipras's fragile coalition
Agorasides would continue to engage in discussion. The upshot of the talks seemed to be that the government..., for instance, has a much more favourable view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, than is normal
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Strong showing in local elections for ND as it targets majority in national vote
PoliticsGreek Politicson July 7. As a result, the former finance minister saw the move by Gennimata as an intentional snub... for KINAL to engage in a post-election discussion with SYRIZA about uniting the centre-left. However... Konstantinos Zervas sprung a surprise, winning around two thirds of votes in a contest
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Mitsotakis clinches big majority in second election, but small parties could complicate matters
PoliticsGreek Politicsand winning a comfortable majority of seven seats in the 300-seat Greek Parliament, according to the first official projections. By contrast, main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even... with them, will engage in the most populist and reactionary opposition possible with the aim
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Mitsotakis mixes old hands and technocrats to stamp reformist bent on cabinet
PoliticsGreek Politicswas characterised by a reluctance to engage in open conflict with entrenched ND factions, notably... and Agricultural Development and Food Minister Makis Voridis, who joined the party from the nationalist LAOS party
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Historic victory for SYRIZA in EU vote unlikely to dislodge Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsopposition party could point to the fact that New Democracy and PASOK (Elia) saw their share of the vote drop... saw its support decline by a combined total of almost 11 percentage points. Nevertheless, the fact... percentage points on what the party received in the 2012 general elections. The ultranationalist LAOS, part
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Mitsotakis looks for silver lining in Trump 2.0 as right wing MPs see vindication in President's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politicsengagements in the following days, focussing on where he saw opportunities for Greece in the new... LAOS party. However, figures closer to Mitsotakis, such as his sister, former foreign minister Dora... dramatically since last June’s European elections which saw its majority eroded significantly and gave
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