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  1. PASOK's growing internal strife hampering Greek coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Tree alliance. This has prompted many within the party to question PASOK’s role in the government... as possible. He argued that that the country has been in limbo since the EU elections and that this has

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  2. Greeks most sceptical of EU and US policy towards Russia, poll indicates
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    Society

    as far as its relations with Moscow are concerned. Now, a new survey has outlined to what extent... of the way their government has approached the Russian issue. This is one of the lowest ratings... highlights the way in which the economic crisis has damaged Greeks’ trust in the EU. “Fifty-three percent

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  3. Samaras hopes for Merkel fillip as gloom grips Greek coalition

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    has put on the table. The latter includes changing rules on mass dismissals and allowing employers... of the last chances the prime minister has to avert his government’s downfall. The coalition’s longstanding strategy has been to bank on concluding the troika review quickly and obtaining some commitment

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  4. Greece is least socially just country in EU, report indicates
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    Society

    Greeks, but also long-term joblessness (Greece has the highest rate in the EU) and the in-job poverty rate (only Romania has a higher rate). The report’s authors describe the labour market situation... and pension policies” as being the cause of Greece’s low ranking. Greece also has one of the lowest

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  5. Greek economic sentiment and consumer confidence fall for third month in a row
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    of 104.1 posted in June, Greek ESI has lost almost 5 points. However, the year to date balance remains... in the succeeding 3.5 years. Since October 2012, it has been on a broadly upward trend, amassing cumulative... Since then, consumer confidence has made cumulative gains of almost 21 points. The other four

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  6. Samaras buys some time with request for confidence vote
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Amid growing speculation that he would call early elections, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has.... The coalition has 154 of 300 MPs but the constitution requires the government to win only half..., it will not reverse the coalition's declining opinion poll ratings overnight. Samaras has only a small

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  7. DIMAR left in disarray after failed attempt to oust Kouvelis

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    of the coalition’s main hopes for ensuring it does not lose the presidential vote early next year has been... of the internal battle that broke out within the grouping, whose support has been declining over the last... by this revolt although he has seen the number of DIMAR MPs steadily dwindle from 17 in June 2012 to just 10

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  8. Ahead of bailout talks, IMF chief raises doubts about clean Greek exit
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    but the former French finance minister has questioned hopes in Athens for a clean break. The fact that Greece... Securities and covered bonds purchase scheme. Now, the IMF chief has raised doubts about whether Greece... pleased that Greece has significantly improved its position, from a fiscal point of view

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  9. Greece's biggest problem? Society's lack of openness
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    . As has been confirmed by numerous key players since then, the formation of a coalition government...’s biggest problem, which it has done little to deal with, is its lack of openness as a society... reporter for Kathimerini newspaper in Athens, Greece. He has just published his first book "The 13th

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  10. Greece steps up efforts for early bailout exit but lenders play it coy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ) in order to reduce its debt and the deficit targets it has to meet in the coming years. It is estimated that the HFSF has around 11.5 billion euros in its buffer but some of this might be needed... won the vote with the backing of only its own 155 MPs. This means it has to secure the support

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