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Newsletter 81 - 08/07/2016
reinstatement of a waiver enabling it to accept Greek public sector debt as collateral to access regular refinancing facilities, Greek banks could replace 7 percent of emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) with ECB funding. The rating agency also reiterated that expects Greek GDP to contract 0.9 percent
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Athens braces for Erdogan bargaining at NATO summit
PoliticsForeign Policy.” Reacting to his comments, Greek diplomats suggested that Erdogan will likely raise issues related to the Aegean islands. The same sources, however, say that the Greek side will not be the one to trigger... of the Greek islands. Another scenario, reported in the Turkish media, predicts that Erdogan could
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Coalition unwound
Agorafor Samaras to fend off SYRIZA and win back the New Democracy voters that have drifted away, particularly... off air so it could be replaced by a new broadcaster employing 1,000 people at the end of August
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SYRIZA has makings of pact with Independent Greeks but To Potami not on board yet
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the irascible Kammenos and his nationalist party. Some voters may also be turned off by this alliance... called off the meeting when he found out that Tsipras was also meeting Kammenos in the same week
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Troika piles pressure on coalition by insisting on key actions to conclude review
PoliticsGreek Politicsallowing taxpayers up to 100 instalments to pay off tax and social security arrears as the troika thinks... Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports given that 2014 sell-off target of 1.5 billion euros has been missed
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Agreement on third bailout could trigger SYRIZA split and snap elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe growing prospects of an agreement between Greece and its lenders this week on a third bailout mean that significant political developments might not be far off. The government wants to vote... being considered by Tsipras is to hold off on elections until a little later in the autumn (maybe early
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Opinion polls indicate fragmentation, close election race
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the fragmentation of the vote means the possibility of an outright win is firmly off the table... that the party is in a state of disintegration, which may be putting off a number of its supporters
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SYRIZA and New Democracy neck-and-neck as post-election scenarios become clearer
PoliticsGreek Politicsout that opinion polls were off the mark ahead of the referendum in July, failing by a wide margin... cooperation with the Independent Greeks appears to be off the table, especially as there are doubts whether
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Coalition hopes for respite from ex-minister's claims as probes launched
PoliticsGreek Politics. The start of the investigations means that the government can now put off any discussion about... government policy. SYRIZA has tried over the last years to shrug off persistent accusations from its
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Coalition prepares final legislation for review, opposition expects no upsets for now
PoliticsGreek Politicsbe implemented if the programme is off track in the coming years. Having already voted through 2... only a few weeks ago the conservatives seemed convinced that Tsipras might use the stand-off
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