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To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsby journalist Stavros Theodorakis, To Potami has enjoyed surprising success by Greek political standards... liberal parties, Drasi, threw its weight behind To Potami this week. Drasi has tried for a number of years to break through but has consistently fallen short, failing to make its message palatable
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Greece's opposition parties back in spotlight
PoliticsGreek Politicsto cover the funding needs for March, the plight of the country’s opposition parties has gone largely... Samaras and his next move. There has been unrest within the conservative party since the weak showing... and leadership contest. Samaras has so far fended off these calls, arguing that New Democracy should
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Newsletter 40 - 28/08/2015
? Will the fragmentation of the vote mean that a grand coalition has to be considered? The first opinion... has a narrow lead over New Democracy after the gap between the two parties shrank substantially over... Syriza's lead over New Democracy has narrowed and that its coalition partner ANEL may not make
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Opinion polls indicate fragmentation, close election race
PoliticsGreek Politicsin agreement on several key factors: 1) SYRIZA has a narrow lead of 2 to 3 percentage points over New Democracy 2) SYRIZA’s support has been falling dramatically over the last two months and now stands... Vassilis Leventis who has been a celebrity in Greece since the 1990s due to his appearance on marathon
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Greek banks' equity raising could keep official support to a minimum
Economybe trimmed below the 5-billion mark, close to 4.7 billion. Alpha Alpha has called an Extraordinary... of capital instruments, CoCos issuance as well as reverse split. The bank has also announced on October 28... be covered by the capital increase. Note though that the management has indicated it would target a share
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New Democracy prepares for leadership vote after abrasive campaign
PoliticsGreek Politicsindicated that among those who say they will vote on Sunday, Meimarakis has 33.54 percent. He is followed.... Meimarakis has run a relatively low-key campaign and tried to use the fact that he is the incumbent... the Meimarakis team had always been against. His nearest challenger appears to be Tzitzikostas, who has
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Leaving Greece's annus horribilis behind
Agoraremains a work in progress. The damage done in the first half of 2015 has created a level of caution and lack of confidence, which has all sides involved emphasizing the need to continue rebuilding, regaining and re-engaging in the political commodity of mutual trust. What has been damaged once can
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Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece revealed on Tuesday that it has delivered a demarche to Vienna to complain about Vienna’s... to a report in TA NEA newspaper, which has been confirmed by Greek diplomatic sources, Ankara has raised... to a report in To Vima daily Vienna has expressed willingness to contribute to finding a solution
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A marriage of inconvenience
Agoracounterpart Ismail Cem. Alexis Tsipras, though, has joined the tail-end of the party, when the euphoria has... what is going on in the wider region. The ongoing war in Syria has made Turkey, in Greek eyes..., a country with which the Tsipras government has been trying to cultivate relations. The worsening
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policyto the plan’s design, all this has to happen over just a few days, whereas asylum appeals in Greece alone currently take months. Technical and legal tasks There are several steps that Greece has to take... will be provided by the EU, will be needed in order to put the scheme into operation. The EU has also appointed
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