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Voting for brinkmanship while the real economy needs solutions
Agorasolutions that either camp is banking on. One cannot exclude at present that Greece could face... victims of this sustained political uncertainty are already visible: for one, the reputational costs
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SYRIZA looking for six-month breather from troika
PoliticsGreek Politicsit come to power after the January 25 elections. One of the party’s most moderate voices is Yiannis Dragasakis, one of the key players in the formation of SYRIZA’s economic policies. He is the only
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Samaras sets out New Democracy's plans for growth
Economyto almost 233 billion by 2021. The target number is similar to the one posted in 2007 and 9 billion..., one year before the signing of the first bailout programme with the troika. From the seven sectors
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Third of Greek households trapped in debt and poverty, study suggests
Societya million households, some 35.9% of the total, have at least one person who is unemployed... with the previous year. More than one in three households were overdue in payments to public utilities
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Fall in Greek building activity accelerates to 19 pct in October
EconomyMacroeconomyAuthority (ELSTAT). This was the ninth negative reading in the 10-month period. The one exception... of just four permits over last year’s figure of 43. Building activity is one of the sectors that has been
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Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
PoliticsGreek Politicsnegotiations with the country’s lenders. Debt relief One of the central themes in SYRIZA’s campaign... the initial tension but there would also be another couple of short-term hurdles to overcome. One is how
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In decision to ally with Independent Greeks, Tsipras takes high risk option
PoliticsGreek Politics. One involved ex-Prime Minister George Papandreou's brother, who Kammenos falsely accused... in December that there was an attempt to buy the vote of one of its MPs during the presidential ballot
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Media pluralism in Greece at risk due to political links and concentration, study finds
Society. Greece was one of nine countries sampled in the report, entitled Monitoring Media Pluralism in Europe...”. The fact that the country has only one news agency also presents a high risk to media pluralism
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Newsletter 13 - 30/01/2015
different philosophy from the one that has governed the bailouts since 2010. It remains to be seen if Greece... mandate in mathematical terms. Among one of the many immediate challenges facing the new
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After Schaeuble talks, Greek gov't still focussed on ditching existing bailout
PoliticsGreek Politics(and the one that will affect developments over the next few weeks) is whether to extend further... in the Eurogroup, which is due to meet on Monday, February 16, (there have been reports of an extraordinary one
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