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Effort to unite PASOK and Potami seems to have hit a wall
PoliticsGreek Politicsreportedly wants the campaign to last three months. The Potami leader has also proposed that the two parties cease to exist as separate political entities once the new leader has been elected, while Gennimata has indicated that she wants there to be some kind of transition process leading to unification
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Government under pressure from TV permit and Attica Bank claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsexisting channels. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has already attracted negative comments... upholding the appeals. New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis has also intervened in the issue, though... last year the government has held up the TV tender as a prime example of its self-professed attempt
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Government also finds itself at odds with Church of Greece
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has found itself in an unexpected war of words with the Church of Greece over... Orthodoxy and its traditions. This has upset the Church of Greece, which is trying to block the reforms... to the military dictatorship between 1967 and 1974, an issue that has long been a bone of contention in Greek
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Foreign minister opens up about EU concerns
PoliticsForeign PolicySYRIZA has made no secret of its desire to change Greece’s approach towards the European Union when... that SYRIZA’s eurosceptic approach has been watered down. Kotzias appears more constructive during... of “crisis in handling crises.” He suggested that the EU has given in to the markets and is lacking
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Greece as an energy hub: Reality or wishful thinking?
EconomyFeaturesenergy hub in the Mediterranean, and the EU has expressed its support for Greece taking over. During... of the 20.7-billion-euro budget for infrastructure projects across the next decade has been earmarked... of the TAP pipeline. Once fully operational, it has the capacity to supply around 4 percent of Europe’s gas
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No country for reluctant peacemakers
Agora. At the moment, all sides are engaging in an activity that as time has gone by, they have mastered: the blame game. Notwithstanding who bears the responsibility for the failure of the negotiations, one has..., they are de facto rejecting the solution that has been described in countless UN Security Council
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How Cyprus re-entered the market
Agoraa bond has come from Greece’s central bank governor, Yannis Stournaras, who said it was “a bit early... that the previous government had issued to bail out Laiki. It has followed the same pattern for all... of its entire debt stock). Each new debt issuance has been used to lengthen maturities or swap more
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Centre-left leadership candidates step forward as unity doubts linger
PoliticsGreek PoliticsInterest is mounting in the contest to lead a new centre-left alliance that has the potential...-left of Greek politics under a common leader, there has been a steady stream of candidates. Gennimata was the first to declare her interest but she has been followed by former PASOK ministers Yiannis
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Athens keeps cautious eye on Berlin-Ankara relationship as German elections approach
PoliticsForeign Policyin October. It has become evident, though, that in Germany and Austria, a growing number of politicians..., Greece has designed its foreign policy regarding Turkey based on the assumption..., especially with reference to the Cyprus issue. Even before Sunday's debate, Merkel has said
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Greek households switch to natural gas in record numbers as winter approaches
EconomyFeaturespercent more than at the same time last year. The price has been boosted in part by an increase... oil, has been halved this year. Retail gas prices, by contrast, have come down by about 6.9 percent... in their property. The requirement has now been abolished, making it much easier for individual homeowners
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