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Multi-bill passes but coalition's relationship with armed forces and police sours further
PoliticsForeign Policythe 2012 wage cut and the merging of their auxiliary pension funds has left the armed forces and emergency services at odds with the government. It was noticeable that SYRIZA, which has ideological... the unions representing the civil servants in question. There has been deep concern in New
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New Democracy risks losing moderates with move for right-wing alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe next elections has had a mixed response so far but the most important reaction could yet be the one... Democracy will alienate the moderates within its party and the section of the Greek public that has... Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), Giorgis Karatzaferis has said he would be willing to join an alliance
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Paris talks mark start of Greece's most crucial troika review
EconomyProgrammein Paris today and will last until September 4. The IMF spokesman has recently clarified that the aim... will be led by Rishi Goyal and not by Poul Thomsen, who has recently been appointed Acting Director... and emergency services. The issue of tax breaks has been raised by the government as a top priority theme
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DIMAR's collapse continues, leaving doubts about presidential vote and centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicslawmaker. Lykoudis leads the so-called Reformist Wing of the small party and has aired concerns over the last few months about the direction DIMAR has taken since leaving the government in June 2013... departure means that the party now has just 10 deputies, compared to the 17 that were elected in June
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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto an outright rebellion, the numbers do not yet add up in terms of opposition MPs. The government has... for these votes are Democratic Left (DIMAR) and the large group of independent MPs. DIMAR has 10 MPs, while... as possible candidates. A fourth option has been put forward by former Prime Minister Costas
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Tsipras starts to flesh out SYRIZA's economic policy but questions remain
PoliticsGreek Politics) has yet to use to improve Greek banks’ capital adequacy. Tsipras said a SYRIZA government would also... Tsipras has done enough to convince more sceptical voters that he has a recipe that could work. The programme he unveiled has not been costed and his assertion that a more generous fiscal policy would
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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami, the centrist party founded by journalist Stavros Theodorakis in February, has published the closest thing to a manifesto it has produced in the last seven months. Theodorakis set out... in the EU ballot after such a short existence, To Potami’s message has remained rather vague
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New Democracy hopes to celebrate 40th anniversary with rallying call
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has planned two events to mark the occasion: One in Halkidiki on September 27 and another... elections (22.7 percent) in May, New Democracy has slipped several percentage points behind SYRIZA... has lost votes to both sides of the political spectrum over the last couple of years but Samaras
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Wealth in Greece plunged by 170 bln since 2007, report finds
Societywealth in Greece is estimated at 0.56 trillion euros, similar to that in Finland, which has less than half of Greece’s population, and below that of Portugal (0.76 trillion), which also has lower... at 3.5 – 4.4 percent respectively. In contrast, Slovakia has the lowest density (0.5 percent
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ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
Economyreflected in the bank share performance, which has plummeted 23 percent in the last month. More than one third of their value has been wiped out over the past six months, when the last capital increased... haircuts Bank of Greece sources said on Thursday that the ECB has decided to reduce the haircut applied
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