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Election Watch: 24 parties and coalitions apply to contest election
Agorawould give it in the region of ten MPs. The party, set up in 1992, is still led by its founder... mushroomed as the state’s broadcasting monopoly fell apart. He built up a cult following among nocturnal TV..., predicting that he could get up to 10 percent in the election. If Leventis is successful, the share
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Coalition starts to feel backlash from latest round of measures
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government is expected to unveil a second multi-bill on Thursday as it aims to catch up... is designed to tie up a number of loose ends, including on taxation, pensions and the energy market... government employees, making up around 15 percent of the total civil servants. Farmers in northern
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In Erdogan's shadow
Agoraas adding to the momentum built up by the formulation of the EU-Turkey Action Plan to provide Ankara... of what benefits he can pick up along the way, even if that does not lead to full membership. After all... for the refugee crisis that the Greek government has still not set up. Had Tsipras been able to get
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National Bank reveals capital plan, which includes sale of whole Finansbank stake
EconomyBankingto existing shareholders for an amount up to 1.6 billion. If the equity raising is fully subscribed... to raise capital up to 0.8 billion for the LME. The last key pillar involves the sale of 100 percent of its... will also apply for the existing 197 million US preference shares. Summing up, NBG could raise up to 1.6
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Gov't submits multi-bill to pave way for next bailout tranches
EconomyProgramme(betting) making up 49.7 and 40 percent of total revenues respectively. Market sources stress... households with annual incomes up to what is considered minimum standard of living with an objective property value up to 120,000 euros for singles, 160,000 for couples and then increasing by 20,000
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Helmut Schmidt, Greece and a valuable legacy for Europe
AgoraEuropean politics. This quality was summed up by Giovanni di Lorenzo, editor-in-chief at Die Zeit..., it is the Frenchman (who had built up a personal friendship with Greek prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis during... together. When the subject of the euro crisis came up, the former French leader revealed that he now
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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
Agorathe potential to go badly wrong. Turkey is the clear winner of the deal as it gets up to 3 billion euros in cash... if Ankara keeps up its end of the bargain and stems the flow of people, which has put such a strain... once Turkey has shown it is living up to its end of the bargain (the current percentage of migrants
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SYRIZA's long, slow march
Agora, Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said that SYRIZA has not given up its goal of changing Europe... powers like France and Italy might stand up to the German-centric ordoliberalism dominating policy... for the Europeans to make up the difference through debt relief. It is doubtful whether
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One year of SYRIZA
Agorathat had stacked up against the new government (diminishing liquidity, weak banks, fragile economy... been done in previous years, and for the government to sign up to bailout terms that are as painful... shown it has any great intention of living up to its pledge to clean up Greek politics and start
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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith farmers deciding to step up their protests against the government’s pension and tax reforms... light up a path for these opposition groups to be part of the next government if the reform is passed... it argue to voters that it is living up to its pledge to be more in tune with society’s needs than
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