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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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Value of HFSF participation in Greek banks falls to 17 billion
EconomyBankingmarket value of HFSF participation in banks has decreased further to 17 billion, implying... has restricted voting rights. In Alpha Bank, HFSF’s shareholding decreased from 81.7 percent to 69.9... of the initial amount of warrants has been exercised so far, with HFSF proceeds at 302 million euros
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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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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlready plagued by a series of problems, the government has found itself fighting on another front.... The university said that it has received 2,500 applications for transfers. Security checks Another... disputes has been much milder than in the past. Apart from some strong words in Parliament and a couple
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New bribe claims likely to poison Greek politics further ahead of presidential vote
PoliticsGreek Politicsa little more substance in the sense that Xoulidou says she has copies of the Facebook messages she..., in the alleged exchanges. Melas has recently resisted calls to align himself with the party’s position... place, so the pair never met. Also, New Democracy has denied that the man involved is a party
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The one question SYRIZA needs to answer
Agorathat the debate in Greece over the last few days has been relegated to cheap bravado and threats... challenges that his government is expected to face. Greece has been running a primary surplus in 2013... government bulletin which shows that 5.8 billion euros has already been used up. Based on this year's data
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Where does SYRIZA stand on debt?
EconomyFair (TIF) last September. SYRIZA has repeatedly stressed that Greek debt is not sustainable... distorts SYRIZA’s official stance and confuses the audience. SYRIZA has refrained so far from officially providing more colour on its debt restructuring plan but has indicated it will reveal more
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Where did all the money go?
Agoraas the EFSF has disbursed 141.8 billion with one last tranche of 1.8 billion remaining. The IMF has... total stands at 31.9 billions (18 percent of GDP). These are staggering figures: No other nation has.... To protect the integrity of the eurozone, the strategy has left Greece with a massive pile of debt
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Why is Europe worrying about SYRIZA?
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/21/tsipras_1000_myrto_2111-medium.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
Agoraorthodoxy. SYRIZA's leader, Tsipras, as the prospects of victory become more concrete, has further... are the reasons for concern. Regarding Europe, SYRIZA's agenda has two key elements. First, in case... to imagine a durable exit from the crisis that has chocked Europe since 2008, if at least a part of the debt
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Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
PoliticsGreek Politicshas been that it believes Greece’s debt is unsustainable. It says it will urge the eurozone... the role of Development Minister in a SYRIZA government, has suggested over the last few months... on this has also softened during the course of this campaign. The clearest indication that it is open
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