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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agora“Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided
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Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek public sphere witnessed last week a rare incident for the country’s political scene - a debate through articles and statements by the two prime ministers who governed Greece between 1996 and 2009 on their views regarding foreign policy regardi...
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Newsletter 15 - 13/02/2015
. While it may be fairly simple to name the agreement in another way, finding another monitoring... is to engage in the art of the possible, to choose synthesis instead of antithesis. Over the last... that the Eurosystem funding for Greek banks currently stands close to 80 billion, compared to 56 billion
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PASOK and Potami seek common ground as Konstantopoulou prepares to return
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the personal and political hang-ups impeding the process, the fact that Potami and PASOK rely on state funding, which would be lost if they morph into a new party, is also a barrier to cooperation
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Government caught between milestones and corruption claims
PoliticsGreek Politicsstrong growth in 2017. It seems more likely at the moment that the prime minister would hang on and see... of several of the 15 milestones needed for Greece to obtain further bailout funding. The full
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Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
Agoracontinues to hang over all those involved. The problem is that each side’s particular concerns... to bring the overall load, as well as Greece’s gross funding needs back down to manageable levels. Again
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Words will always hurt
Agorathis period. That’s why it was so appalling to hear Greece’s prime minister engage in this type... as battering rams in Greece’s daily political battle. On finding out that SYRIZA leader Alexis
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Newsletter 57 - 08/01/2016
by the government at the beginning of the week. Finding a formula to achieve pension cost savings... and packed his cabinet full of party hacks that could engage in a political battle with the leftist party
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Athens hopes for deal at Eurogroup but doubts persist
PoliticsGreek Politicsis within reach if all partners engage in good faith. @EU_Commission will push..., Athens is trying to appear optimistic about finding common ground with its lenders. Government spokesman
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