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  1. Puzzling reaction to army reservists' call for government to resign

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    An unusual announcement by a little known army reservists’ group calling for the government to resign prompted an emergency late night meeting of top ministry and judicial officials on Wednesday. There was surprise that the government gave such attention to the statement, which amounted to a demand

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  2. Samaras proposes free wi-fi as crisis antidote for young Greeks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has come up with a surprising proposal to give hope to young Greeks, including those considering leaving the country because of record unemployment: Free wi-fi throughout Greece. Samaras made the unusual suggestion during a rare primetime TV interview on Monday night

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  3. In bid to polish SYRIZA's image, Tsipras visits Mount Athos monks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    is an atheist, meeting monks was indeed unusual. It was the first such visit by a leftist leader since

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  4. Samaras finger wagging at troika a sign of pressure on Greek government

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took the unusual step of criticising the troika on Tuesday, an indication of how frustrated the government feels as it is squeezed between lenders’ demands and domestic political pressures. Among the quotes that stood out during the premier’s speech at a conference

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  5. Piraeus Bank seals milestone deal with KKR over 1.2 bln of non-core assets
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    EconomyBanking

    In an unusual move by the standards of the Greek banking sector, Piraeus Bank has announced an agreement with leading global investment firm KKR for the transfer and securitisation of 1.2 billion of non-core assets to a new structure managed and controlled by KKR Credit and serviced by Piraeus

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  6. Voting for brinkmanship while the real economy needs solutions
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    Agora

    Athens’ addiction to partisanship and political drama was yet again on full display during the last days of 2014. The election of the country’s president by parliament through an open roll call may appear unusual for observers from outside Greece. But the outdated electoral procedure through

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  7. Heading for slim election win, SYRIZA tries to secure MPs' loyalty
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the government’s existence. However, SYRIZA took an unusual step a few days ago which could, theoretically

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  8. Newsletter 10 - 09/01/2015

    Newsletters

    rather unusual for outside observers, given that such programmatic platforms can serve as roadmaps

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  9. Searching for electoral manifestos and overcoming voting obstacles in Greece
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    Agora

    electoral manifestos. What appears rather unusual for outside observers, given

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  10. Parliament starts process of probing Greek debt and MoUs - further division likely

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    up by parliamentary speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou who, in an unusual move, will also preside over its

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