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  1. New team at Finance Ministry tasked with familiar old juggling act

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    -electoral giveaways, which the institutions blame for derailing the budget. That may have saved votes... seems the most probable way out of the fix. Hard as that may be, it would be less damaging... the party since 2013. Mitsotakis’s may have made one of his shrewdest choices in appointing the highly

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  2. Speculation about May elections revived by SYRIZA officials' comments
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    polls in May. SYRIZA MP Nikos Fylis became the latest high-profile member of the leftist government... be on another date [apart from the end of the government’s four-year term], by which I mean May.” His comment... Skourletis that were also seen as talking up the possibility of elections being held in May along

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  3. Voting for brinkmanship while the real economy needs solutions
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    days of 2014. The election of the country’s president by parliament through an open roll call may... that await urgent clarification and sustainable solutions from the forthcoming political authorities... period to settle in. The international creditors in the troika await the conclusion of the fifth review

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  4. Opposition irate over watchdog briefing as govt hints at "rogue network" behind surveillance
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    in which he elaborates on the theory that the surveillance programme may have been carried out... voters, and may be in part responsible for the small uptick in the ratings of SYRIZA, which is seen... Democracy polling short of an outright majority in the upcoming elections, this may also explain why

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  5. Coalition prepares final legislation for review, opposition expects no upsets for now
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to complete the remaining bailout measures ahead of the May 24 Eurogroup. Another 1 percent of GDP... fund may prove the most sensitive as even some ministers (shipping, transport and energy) have... some eyebrows to be raised when he chose to speak at an event organized by liberal party Drasi, rather

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  6. Tsipras hints at post-election scenario of grand coalition, without him as PM

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    month – although these surveys should be treated with caution, especially because the samples may... figure would gain ground. As a result, the election campaign may well end up being about which party

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  7. Athens ties up prior actions, IMF hints at programme role
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    about what could be achieved at the Eurogroup and that the deal may fail to match up to them... time,” she said on Monday in an apparent nod to the proposal table at the May 22 Eurogroup. “So, we

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  8. Moscovici hints at possibility of shelving 2019 pension cuts, riles opposition
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    may be open to discussion later this year if Greece is well ahead of its fiscal targets. Athens had... regarding whether there may be a change to the measures that have to be implemented by Greece. “I expect

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  9. Mitsotakis sets May 21 election date, eyes opposition MPs as potential allies

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    Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday that elections will take place on May 21, just hours after... will take place on the third Sunday in May. He indicated that if a second vote is needed, it would take... deputies will likely drive a hard bargain to join the government and may choose to leverage their influence

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  10. Eurobank gears up for crucial but contentious capital increase

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    to Greek investors. The new shares are expected to commence trading in the second week of May... and ex-leader of liberal party Drasi, Stefanos Manos, was indicative of this mood. “With the approval

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