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SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe necessary support, the outgoing President set a date for elections to be held within 30 days. A closer... coalition before it became a single grouping. SYRIZA could counter any claims of cynicism by arguing
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Greece’s return to capital markets: Why not try a diaspora bond first?
Agorathe Greek finance minister is hoping to jump on the band wagon set in motion by other countries having... of the single currency, also regularly issues so-called “patriotic bonds.” This form of debt
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No victory, just plenty of misery
Agorain the single currency area. Looking at the situation in a number of eurozone countries, and Greece... set by Germany in the handling of the euro crisis has been vindicated. Their claim completely
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Does return to markets signal end of Greek crisis? The perils of ignoring macro-economic fundamentals
Agoraprofile privatisation projects. The single largest foreign investor in Greece since 2011 is a public... have an average maturity of 30 years. The average yield is currently set at 1.5 percent. The loan
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PASOK stakes coalition survival on voters’ fear of uncertainty
PoliticsGreek Politicsparties will remain in single digits on May 25. Even if New Democracy performs more convincingly... steps forward.” In Tuesday’s interview, Samaras set out three conditions for there to be stability
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April saw first rise in Greek banks' Eurosystem funding this year
EconomyMacroeconomylate 2008. The initial amount of state guarantees was set up to 23 billion and that threshold was later... by that date. Funding from the ELA mechanism, which currently stands at low-single digit levels, was launched
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Five things to watch for in today's elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics. The Neo-Nazi party has also been polling well in opinion surveys ahead of the EU vote. It looks set... that no single party is likely to dominate in Greece for the next few years, groupings that could become
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The IMF crisis and how to solve it
Agora-told part of the story. The official IMF response to the staff report was contained in a single... set up when monetary policy credibility was at a low ebb; a strong analogy with the Fund. Now
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The tarnished legacy that will haunt the Athens Olympics
Agorathe implications of joining the single currency, so its Olympic planners placed all the emphasis on getting.... The Athens Olympics arrived after euro entry, when austerity was set aside and purse strings were
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the Italian government recently. Social measures Tsipras unveiled a set of measures aimed at easing... single property tax, known as ENFIA, and replace it with another levy that would focus on large
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