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Tsipras claims he is in no hurry to call elections after bailout exit
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras indicated on Friday that he is not considering the possibility of calling snap elections later this year despite persistent speculation about the subject. Tsipras travelled to Thessaloniki to meet local mayor Yiannis Boutar...
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Tsipras and Kammenos ready to call time on coalition after agreeing Friday meeting
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlexis Tsipras and Panos Kammenos are due to meet on Friday to hammer out the details of the official separation between SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL), paving the way for the prime minister to continue as the head of a minority government. The tw...
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ND wrong-foots SYRIZA with call to lift expat vote restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe expat vote has become the latest pretext for a flare-up between the New Democracy government and opposition SYRIZA, as a new bill proposes to open up remote voting to the Greek diaspora. On Monday, Interior Minister Makis Voridis tabled a bill in Pa...
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Opposition sees ND’s call for broader subsidy inquiry as attempt to muddy waters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government caught its opponents by surprise on Monday when it announced that it will propose a broad parliamentary investigation into the alleged misuse of agricultural subsidies dating back to 1998 – a move that the opposition parties see as an att...
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Mitsotakis renews call for Turkey to scrap "casus belli" - opposition unimpressed
PoliticsGreek PoliticsKyriakos Mitsotakis returned from his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly last week feeling that he had burnished Greece's diplomatic contacts with a range of countries and had stated the country's case clearly vis a vis its ongoing disput...
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IMF report sees a number of risks lying ahead for Greece
EconomyProgrammefurther cuts to wages and social transfers will only be possible with a dramatic improvement in the public... to address remaining imbalances and balance efficiency and equity outcomes, says the IMF
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Greeks living in smaller, older, poorer quality homes during crisis, BoG study shows
Society. The breakdown of households per income during 2008-2012 showed the dramatic burden on household disposable... percent in 2008, remaining at the high end among EU countries. The EU average showed smaller increase
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Samaras seeks vote of confidence and moment of history
Agoraa dramatic shift in events for the Greek premier to find himself in such a position. It would... few days that the New Democracy-PASOK administration was counting its remaining days, rather than
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Newsletter 3 - 14/11/2014
on private household spending also mirrors the dramatic state of the Greek labour market. Technically... to income tax and the unified property tax (ENFIA) and could also create a revenue gap in the remaining
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Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead
PoliticsGreek Politicswin looks unlikely unless there are dramatic developments in the 26 days left until Greeks go to vote... phase of its time in power will decide whether the new administration has a chance of remaining
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