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Words will always hurt
Agorathis period. That’s why it was so appalling to hear Greece’s prime minister engage in this type... guilty of this kind of behaviour. However, as prime minister his responsibility is greater. His... Stournaras a “dealer” for the troika. On Friday, the leftists referred to the prime minister
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Is Democratic Left set to make a shock return to Greece's coalition?
PoliticsGreek Politicsby New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis. The ex-foreign minister said Prime Minister Antonis Samaras... prime minister. MP Yiannis Panousis took a completely different view to his colleagues and said... was when it became part of the interim government led by caretaker Prime Minister Lucas Papademos
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Amid flare-up with PASOK, Tsipras makes plans to govern
PoliticsGreek Politicsto set out – albeit sketchily – what he might do in his first 100 days as prime minister, should he.... The deputy prime minister accused the SYRIZA leader of trying to encourage an “apostasy... he was PASOK leader and Prime Minister, while Antonis Samaras, whose spokesman also slammed Tsipras
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Spain’s economic recovery languishes amid graft scandals
Agorain the euro zone after Greece- and in a sluggish credit flow. The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy... to be held on November 9. Spain’s prime minister argues that the vote is “illegal” and that an independent... philosopher and journalist, justifies these developments as the outcome of the prime minister’s lack
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Omnibus bill passes but leaves marks on coalition and SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicslawmakers, had been expected to emerge victorious. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had made it clear... two. PASOK leader and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos was not so quick to make a decision... that he will take over as the Bank of Greece governor in May, although Prime Minister Antonis Samaras
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Has SYRIZA's moment gone?
Agora. These weaknesses have been in evidence over the past couple of weeks. SYRIZA was presented with a prime opportunity to put pressure on the government and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras after cabinet secretary... it to demand an inquiry into whether the prime minister’s advisers were running Greece according
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Greece's new finance minister lines up for a marathon (and several short sprints)
PoliticsGreek Politicsand it is not so surprising that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras should want to stick with a non-partisan..., although not decision-making, capacity. He was in charge of ex-Prime Minister Kostas Simitis’s... persistently above the 55-percent park. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras recently announced a very ambitious
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Samaras hopes for Merkel fillip as gloom grips Greek coalition
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid an increasingly gloomy atmosphere at home, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras heads for a meeting... and comes 10 months after Samaras was last in Berlin to see Merkel. Then, the Greek prime minister sought... of the last chances the prime minister has to avert his government’s downfall. The coalition’s longstanding
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Samaras buys some time with request for confidence vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAmid growing speculation that he would call early elections, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has... and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos. Going into the talks, the two options available..., essentially gives the prime minister a clear run for the next few months, putting thoughts of the government's
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How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
AgoraThe line coming out of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s office at the end of May was that New... further debt relief for Greece, which Samaras had held up as the government’s prime prize for the last... out of 300 votes. This led to the prime minister pivoting towards a new strategy: An early bailout
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