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Samaras, Venizelos opt for earlier presidential vote in high-risk strategy to save coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor surprise moves in the past but the latest one represents a high-risk strategy that just might help... for if the coalition survives. Loose ends This is one advantage of an early presidential vote for the government... new government very little time to take power, conclude the troika review and negotiations
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Newsletter 32 - 26/06/2015
government calling for it to be maintained. This is one of the red lines identified by the junior coalition.... This means there will be one day of debate at committee level and another day in the plenary... and lenders both to blame for latest crisis chapter The deal on the table very far from SYRIZA's pre
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Newsletter 65 - 04/03/2016
, investment and tourism, coupled with bigger fall in imports compared to that in exports. Eurobank kicked off... as he was also one of the key speakers at Potami’s congress over the weekend, which took place a few... targets one side with human lives on the other. It is not clear if this is the deterrent, though
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Newsletter 76 - 03/06/2016
to tap into the discord among Greek voters, SYRIZA is going down a very well-trodden path..., Kyritsis then added his opinion that those who backed the Yes vote were generally better off than those... as a whole? How can someone in power lump people together in such generalised categories? Isn’t he the one
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Newsletter 95 - 11/11/2016
to maintain their families at a good standard of living,” wrote Howard Marks of Oaktree. “One earner per household was enough, and one job per earner. Strong labour unions ensured adequate pay... going to nudge you into better behaviour, as the Americans like to say. It’s a very paternal, very
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EU officials see Greek deal close, broad debt talks to follow
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot be the last one,” with more discussions on Greece needed in the remainder of the month. Dijsselbloem... highlighted the differing views among the lenders on how to proceed on this issue. “It will be one... argued that you cannot ask Greece to maintain that [3.5 percent of GDP] for a very long time
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Newsletter 193 -08/02/2018
to publish its second report of the enhanced surveillance era on February 27, there is very limited time... as it emerged that the bid process for two lignite units had attracted very little interest. PPC received one binding offer for the Melitis unit in Florina from Mytilineos which was reporte five times
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A sudden turnaround that could lead to sharp shock
Agoracould be heading for a very deep contraction similar to the one seen in 2011, when it dropped by 9 pct... first 15-year bond, attracting strong interest and a very attractive yield. This triggered an unmatched... benchmark bond was trading at 0.92 pct and Greece was hailed as one of the most attractive trades
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Kasselakis completes stunning victory, taking SYRIZA into uncharted territory
PoliticsGreek Politicsrun-off ballot, former labour minister Efi Achtsioglou won around 43 pct. The victory for the neophyte... speculation that Tsipras was instrumental in Kasselakis’s ascendancy, beyond being the one who... in February after an outburst against the media and judiciary, among others. Party unity One of the main
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The Cyprus bailout is different, not only due to the bail-in
Agorato claim the very high (and still tax-free) one-off retirement allowance (εφαπάξ) perhaps makes... is in the detail: privatisation is put in a very different framework than in Greece, avoiding... payouts to retiring civil servants are a real drain on the limited resources in the government’s very
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