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Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
PoliticsGreek Politicson Tuesday that are likely to be decisive in determining the future of the coalition. The troika’s review... to agree to an extension of the current programme. Having promised an early exit to Greece’s bailout over... for opposing the coalition’s presidential candidate in February and Democratic Left (DIMAR) lawmaker Niki
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Tsipras shuns growing calls for compromise on presidential vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTsipras made it clear over the weekend that his party is in no mood to compromise. As the coalition’s... to win the presidential vote, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras used an op-ed in Sunday’s Ethnos to make... on a candidate for February’s ballot. Given that SYRIZA has already proposed a different formula (agreeing
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Accommodation and food services index up 7.6 pct in Q3
EconomyMacroeconomy’s figure. The annual figures showed that the tourism index advanced by 4.8 percent in 2013... in 2012 and at high single-digit levels in 2010 and 2011. Today’s figures confirm the positive trends... 23.5 percent in October and 15 percent in the 10-month period. Following October’s strong
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Papandreou seeks new, undefined role on political centre stage in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politicssaid that we would vote for the coalition’s presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, but added two... interpreted as an intention to form a new party. However, it is not clear if this would be Papandreou’s... Venizelos. Last month, Papandreou wrote to Venizelos to express his opposition to the PASOK leader’s
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PM and SYRIZA deaf to calls for compromise over president so far
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMPs openly stating their support for a compromise solution. In the wake of the government’s... trends have emerged within the coalition’s ranks. The first is for New Democracy MPs (e.g. Dora..., however, continued his attempt to soften SYRIZA’s message after the party found itself at the centre
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Coalition to gain more support for president but still short of 180
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMelas, Yiannis Kourakos and Vassilis Economou) have said they will vote for the government’s... their vote for today’s ballot and the five who voted for Dimas in the first round last week... independents have said they will not vote for Dimas (there is not a “no” vote, only “present”). Samaras’s
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How SYRIZA says it will fund its economic policies
Economy) in Thessaloniki last September. The updated programme was presented by its leader Alexis Tsipras at the party’s... of the outcome of upcoming negotiations with Greece’s eurozone partners. The total cost of the Thessaloniki.... Privatisations Privatisations are absent from SYRIZA’s agenda. There was no specific mention
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SYRIZA's own goals one of main threats to party's poll lead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGoing into the final stretch of the election campaign, opinion polls indicate that SYRIZA’s victory... developments next week. One of the things that could dent SYRIZA’s prospects, though, is the erratic... Greeks MP Rachil Makri, who SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras included on the party’s ticket despite
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The immediate economic and financial hurdles for the new Greek government
EconomyProgramme. The first relates to the coverage of the country’s funding needs, which stand at 1.6 billion euros... billion would stem from SMP profits which would not burden Greece’s debt. However, since it is of mutual... reasonable to anticipate such a development. The first indications on the intentions of Greece’s
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S&P acts in wake of ECB decision and downgrades Greek rating to B-
Economyprogramme beyond its expiration on February 28. In S&P’s view, the liquidity constraints of the Greek... the government’s negotiating flexibility. S&P thinks that a prolongation of negotiations could also lead... to lender-of-last-resort financing (ELA), potentially resulting to Greece’s exclusion from
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