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  1. Piraeus port privatisation moves a step closer
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    EconomyBanking

    . The agreement, which has been effective from October 1, 2009, involved the management of OLP’s Piers II... completion of the sale transaction relates to the amount offered, which has to be higher than... has also recently reached an agreement with the institutions over the privatisation of the electricity

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  2. Vote on same-sex civil unions reveals common ground and divisions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    within the government. ANEL has cultivated its image on being socially conservative and close... and EU values, New Democracy has long struggled with such social issues. It was interesting to note... Democracy officials. This means that Mitsotakis has substantial ground to cover if he is going

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  3. The agenda of the first programme review shapes up with thorny issues
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    EconomyProgramme

    , the government has pledged in the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cost savings of around 1... that the remaining 0.4 percent or 700 million has to be covered by new measures. All indications... in 2018. The government has to present an updated MTFS for the period until 2020 detailing

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  4. Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the pension system, the government has decided to actively defend its plan both at home and abroad.... Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Thursday that he has not yet seen the proposals and only knows what he has read in the newspapers. Katrougalos has also been

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  5. Mitsotakis win sends ripples through other opposition parties

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Mitsotakis’s effort. Grigorakos, who is close to former PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, has been critical..., he said he could “not rule anything out.” There has been much speculation about whether Mitsotakis’s... of Greece’s centre-left. Until now, Potami has maintained a largely neutral stance on the left/right

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  6. PASOK and Potami divided over direction to take after Mitsotakis win
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    together. The idea of such an alliance has gained greater urgency not just because of Mitsotakis’s win... lacklustre performance in the September election. Theodorakis has called for a party congress at the end... pro-European and reformist force in Greek politics. Potami has so far refrained from discussing

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  7. SYRIZA under fire for TV permit tender, tinkering with watchdog

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The government has come in for criticism again from the opposition parties for allegedly trying.... The dispute over the TV licenses has been brewing for some time as the opposition suspects SYRIZA is trying... attempted to highlight that the government has a shady motive for tabling the amendment by challenging

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  8. Mapping the views of the Greeks
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    Society

    that stands out for its culture and has much to offer the modern world. Indeed, most Greeks believe Greece has offered more to the EU than it has received from it, which the authors believe indirectly implies... of farmers believe that the EU has benefited more from Greece in terms of economics. On the other hand

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  9. Sensing opportunity, Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Greece’s sovereign rights. There has been criticism of both developments and Golden Dawn perhaps... has interrupted the case. The party has not made any great inroads in recent opinion polls but has

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  10. Investment: The forgotten casualty of the Greek crisis

    Agora

    the depression that engulfed the economy has been investment, or lack thereof. At its peak in 2007... investment spending. The depression that the economy has experienced since has altered both the composition and the scale of investments. Housing has effectively evaporated, totaling only 1.8 billion euros

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