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SYRIZA's own goals one of main threats to party's poll lead
PoliticsGreek Politics, SYRIZA has also had to fight a number of self-made fires over the past few days. One of its... part of the taxpayer’s income that is above 42,000 euros. SYRIZA has been very reluctant during..., it has said it will replace ENFIA with a levy on large or expensive properties but has given no official
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Varoufakis outlines contours of debt deal as haircut set aside
PoliticsGreek Politicsof GDP in 2015 and 4.5 percent in 2016 and 2017) would be acceptable to the leftists. That Varoufakis has... has not put the plan to ECB or EU officials, much more will be heard about these proposals over the next few days so it is worth recapping how Greece’s debt is shared out. EU loans Greece has borrowed
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No deal at Eurogroup but also no clear way forward
PoliticsGreek Politicsextended. It has been reported that the Greek delegation, led by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis... Varoufakis has referred to as a "bridge" or "bridging agreement" can be reconciled with the eurozone's apparent insistence that the current bailout has to be extended further. It is clear that Tsipras
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Greece almost last in EU for press freedom, index finds
Societyparty Golden Dawn, which it said “has no qualms about using violence against journalists”. But it warned that the economic crisis has had a grave impact on pluralism in both public and privately-owned..., as so often, are three Scandinavian countries: Finland, which has been in first place for five
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Tsipras makes unpopular choice for president, with eye on political balance
PoliticsGreek Politics-Claude Juncker. Paris-educated Pavlopoulos has two key qualities that make him more acceptable...-minister is also acceptable to SYRIZA because over recent years he has maintained a sceptical stance on the country's bailout programme. As a professor at Athens Law School, Pavlopoulos has often
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Greece and eurozone reach tentative deal, much undecided
EconomyProgrammebillion) and August (3.2 billion). The Greek government has to submit until Monday, February 23 a first... of the public sector. The conclusion of the review has to be approved by the institutions formerly known... government has committed to refrain from any rollback of measures (adopted by the previous government
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A pause in uncertainty but for how long?
Agoraapplies to next year, when the target has been set at 4.5 percent of GDP, and the years after that. It is clear to anyone who has been following Greece and knows of the myriad challenges facing... at tackling the impact of the crisis, which has been woefully overlooked by previous governments
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Tsipras identifies first bills, domestic approval assured
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe reforms it has pledged both to lenders and Greek voters. In a live televised address to his... of the Thessaloniki pledges will be included. The government has also pledged in its agreement with lenders... Finance Minister Nadia Valavani has said that the government is aiming to collect 3 billion euros from
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The six reform proposals Greece hopes will help unlock more funding
PoliticsGreek Politicson Monday. The content of these proposals has started to emerge. Government sources informed the media... of a new body for targeted tax inspections staffed by temporary hires. The government has already... Office has estimated the cost of these measures at just over 200 million euros and the draft law
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Coalition not ditching referendum idea from policy options but details muddled
PoliticsGreek Politicsend,” he said. “The issue of the referendum has only been raised in the case of an impasse, which is something we don’t want and are working to avoid.” SYRIZA has been in favour of greater use of referendums and has flirted with the idea of a popular vote on the potential summer agreement with its
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