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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek Politicsrather than wait until next summer. One school of thought is that the deterioration... Greek voters see him as being best placed to handle such sensitive foreign policy issues than his... a single-party government with a strong mandate rather than a potentially awkward coalition. Speaking
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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsand 12.3 pct for PASOK-KINAL. No other party garners more than 6 pct of the voters’ backing. However, 10... 10 more seats than the centre-right party, but they would also need a third party to form... voters would overwhelmingly prefer an alliance with ND rather than SYRIZA, by 53 to 17.5 pct. Despite
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Androulakis well-placed to retain PASOK leadership as Doukas sneaks into run-off ballot
PoliticsGreek Politics, Doukas managed to narrowly hold off Geroulanos, earning just 858 votes more than his more experienced.... It is thought that the supporters of the four candidates are more likely to support Androulakis than... is considered satisfactory, especially given that it was higher than in the 2021 ballot, when some
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PASOK leadership ballot draws attention away from PM's deepening rift with predecessors
PoliticsGreek Politicsas Athens Mayor less than a year ago, came fourth in Attica, which was won by Geroulanos. This underlines... someone other than the current leader. However, one of the challenges that Doukas faces is to ensure... chances of unseating Androulakis. The turnout on October 6 was some 30,000 higher than in the 2021
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Government hopes new affordable homes bill can help alleviate housing pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicscumulative increases of more than 50 pct since 2018. In Athens, the epicentre of this surge, prices have climbed even more steeply. They are up by more than 70 pct over the same period. Rents have... on accommodation. Eurostat reports that 80 pct of Greek renters allocate more than 40 pct
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Adult skills in Greece lacking, indicates OECD survey
Societyand problem solving is considerably smaller than the OECD average, an adult skills audit... are closer to the OECD average for that age group (4.4 and 4.8 percent, respectively) than 16-24 year... and their OECD peers is greater than that of older Greeks with the average in that age group. Around 4.6
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The "King of the North" seeking to heal a fractured kingdom
Agorarose by more than 25% between 2021 and 2023, while the energy price shock pushed household bills... be a devastating blow. It would serve as a symbolic confirmation that Labour’s problems run deeper than... Farage. More than that, though, it feels like a rare chance for the UK to start to heal
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Brexit and Grexit – Britain’s referendum and Greece
Agorathere will be a question over whether the EU can become smaller and more coherent rather than always.... It is the Varoufakis syndrome. The former Greek finance minister has been on British television and radio singing
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Agora, the government is estimated to have collected more than 2.5 billion euros from Greek taxpayers... a number of households are living in their shops. On home ownership, the study displayed that more than..., whilst the respective rate for inhabited houses larger than 100 sqm posted an annual drop of 3.6
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Developments in Novartis probe signal new, bitter phase in pre-election battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsit will launch proceedings against current government officials in connection to the way... signals that we have entered a new and even more bitter stage of proceedings ahead of the general
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