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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... (ANEL) has also voiced support this week for Tsipras and possible early elections. Top ANEL official... that the next elections will produce, especially as the agreement with Greece’s lenders has not yet been
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Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policyand migrant crisis in Greece that has caught his government completely unprepared. Tsipras met... Avramopoulos informed the prime minister Greece is missing out on European Union funding because it has... into a direct vote loser for Tsipras. This is one of the few areas in which Tsipras's coalition has
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Lafazanis out of blocks early, announces anti-bailout party ahead of bailout vote
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA will follow Lafazanis’s lead. There has been no indication over the last few days that a larger... Flambouraris launching attacks on her. Konstantopoulou has long forged her own path, making it clear... passed with the support of 229 and 230 MPs in the 300-seat Parliament. However, there has been
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SYRIZA rebels launch new group, promising more discomfort for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras officially has a new rival as of Friday, when former Energy Minister... that this will chip away at the lead SYRIZA has over them, which cannot be quantified at the moment... at the beginning of September. The fact that Popular Unity has 25 MPs makes it the third largest
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Tsipras seeks fair exchange with EU over migrant crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicson Sunday. The refugee crisis has left Tsipras’s government trying to balance its own.... For the time being there has been no agreement on a way forward between the two countries. The recent... in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week that if spending on the crisis has to increase
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Athens seeks enhanced regional role via international religious conference
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Tuesday, has two main aims. The first aim lies with Athens’s desire to show that it can play..., especially from Syria and Iraq. Greece has a particular interest in this issue as it is currently... Security Council, France has brought the issue up for discussion in New York. In early September
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Final structure of bank recap taking shape, cautious optimism for outcome
Economyin Alpha and 66.93 percent in Piraeus. At the same time, its initial investment of 25 billion has... bond exchange offers in an effort to reduce the amount that has to be raised via share capital... the required capital from private investors. Unlike the other Greek banks, Eurobank has a major
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Passing of broadcasting bill introduces new challenges for coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor 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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Meimarakis seen as clear frontrunner with New Democracy leadership vote approaching
PoliticsGreek Politicsturnout 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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Greek banks' capital actions underway, state aid seen as low as 4.7 bln
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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