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Varoufakis adds to pressure on Tsipras ahead of lenders' return
PoliticsGreek Politicsto set up a parallel payment system, with the blessing of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis told... needed to set up the parallel payment scheme. This prompted a reaction from all three... whether his government should be signing up for a new bailout or exploring a return to the drachma
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Possibility of snap elections after third bailout agreed is firmly on Tsipras's agenda
PoliticsGreek Politics, after it has wrapped up an agreement with the institutions on a third bailout. Government spokeswoman... not to continue the cooperation.” However, it is still premature to be considering the line-up... secured and its details have yet to be made widely known. Opposition parties are likely to play up
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Opinion polls indicate fragmentation, close election race
PoliticsGreek Politics, it appears that the contest is building up to be much more closely contested than seemed the case... is in contention again, the option of teaming up again with Independent Greeks may not be available... of introspection and look ahead to an election victory, which is summed up in the party’s campaign slogan
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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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