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  1. Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for Radio and Television (ESR) – has the right to set the number of national and regional licences... that do not broadcast news, which has prompted complaints from the journalists’ union ESIEA, which... activities. Local municipalities will also be able to apply for permits. SYRIZA has staked a great deal

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  2. Meimarakis seen as clear frontrunner with New Democracy leadership vote approaching

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    turnout this time. Mitsotakis has indicated that he expects at least 300,000 conservatives to vote. Meimarakis’s lead in the polls has also led to the New Democracy leader rebuffing calls for a debate between the four candidates. It appears that his team believe he has more to lose from a debate, even

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  3. Greek banks' capital actions underway, state aid seen as low as 4.7 bln
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    Economy

    ) in the first week of November, the ECB body has approved a total amount of 654 million euros.... Alpha said earlier today it has already received demand in excess of the 1.55 billion target... conclude that the bank has successfully covered its total capital needs of 2.74 billion without any

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  4. Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    ally, Greece has not jumped to its defence, especially since the issue of air space violations lies at its heart. Athens has long complained about Turkey’s frequent incursions into Greek air space. Greece has many times raised this issue either at an EU level as well as during talks in NATO, so

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  5. SYRIZA fails to make any friends with new public sector wage grid
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    The government has found itself under attack from all sides over the changes to the public sector... of the multi-bill of prior actions that Greece has to pass in order to receive the next 1 billion euros... some employees in the public sector will see their income trimmed. This has triggered a reaction from

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  6. Unemployment among Greek doctors hits record levels
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    Society

    Unemployment among Greek doctors has reached record levels, with 27.5 percent of members of the Athens Medical Association (ISA) unemployed or underemployed, a conference has heard. Data presented... in Greece is well above the European average. While Greece has 6.1 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, the EU

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  7. Opposition party leader Leventis a coalition partner-in-waiting?
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    -Independent Greeks coalition was sworn in three months ago, there has been speculation that the Union.... Leventis, once among the early members of PASOK, has spent three decades, mostly via late-night TV.... Leventis has been mostly equivocal in his stance, at times praising Tsipras and at other times being

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  8. Mitsotakis win gives New Democracy chance for renewal but creates fresh risks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New Democracy, which has suffered three consecutive election defeats (four if the July referendum... that the ex-prime minister’s influence has waned and that there has been a realignment of power within... cornered. For instance, Mitsotakis has said that he will not support the government’s pension

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  9. Mitsotakis targets Tsipras, floating voters and populists in first speech to his MPs
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the government’s proposed pension reforms, which Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has been discussing with his eurozone counterparts over the past few days. He said that he has assembled a team... in September. Mitsotakis has also picked Cretan MP Lefteris Avgenakis, a New Democracy MP since 2007

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  10. With bailout review in balance, PASOK's role back in spotlight
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and tense. The likely absence of a swift conclusion to the review (Gerovasili insists that it has... “neoliberal” policies. This has opened up the possibility of PASOK and SYRIZA moving closer together... alliance. Gennimata’s scepticism towards Mitstotakis has created some friction within her party. She

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