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Newsletter 20 - 20/03/2015
, possibly with only enough to survive until mid-April. Overcoming this liquidity problem has become... could be held as early as Friday 27 March to assess whether there has been any progress in agreeing... problem has become Tsipras’s main task. programme (SMP) in the days after the Eurogroup. Greece has
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The republic without a government
Agorapredictability like no other in the European Union? Seeking answers to this formidable challenge has... Coalition between the Conservatives and Social Democrats, SPD). Such a political arrangement has... of such unease, a new model, under the term KoKo, has been introduced, primarily by the SPD. It seeks
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Despite ongoing budget talks, ND eyes more relief measures in coming months
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the last few months has given the government the space it needed to implement the relief measures... been the case until now. However, Athens has yet to conclude negotiations with the institutions before..., with the Greek government under pressure to show that it has wiped out the fiscal gap, which stood
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Athens aiming to boost EU-Balkan momentum
PoliticsForeign PolicyIt has been almost three years since the signing of the Prespes Agreement (June 12, 2018) between... neighbourhood, especially when it has already shown by signing the Prespes Agreement that is seeking... counterparts that since the landmark Thessaloniki Agenda of 2003, Greece has supported the European future
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PM opts for unconventional choice to overcome snag at new ministry
PoliticsGreek Politicsto deliver results. ND’s opponents will focus on any failure as a sign that Mitsotakis has run out... choice within the ranks was not available to the premier. Nevertheless, Stylianides generally has... Democracy has been trying to pin the blame for the Apostolakis fiasco on SYRIZA. The opposition party
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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWhile the government has been devoting its energies to managing the fallout from the Tempe accident... Democracy has sought to downplay the concerns and attribute the protests to opposition scaremongering.... While New Democracy has tried pin the protests on SYRIZA, the major opposition parties have been
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PASOK sees post-leadership election boost as Androulakis unveils shadow cabinet
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPASOK has emerged stronger in polls conducted since last week’s leadership election, while rival... significant lead. PASOK has, however, picked up over 2 percentage points to rise to 15.3 pct from... emerges fourth with 8.6 pct, having picked up 0.9 pct, while SYRIZA has slumped from 9.1 pct to 6.5
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Tempe casts heavy shadow over public mood as accident report confirms serious safety failings
PoliticsGreek Politicsbetween February 21-24 shows support for New Democracy has slipped to 24 pct of voting intentions... in third position with 8.5 pct, having gained 0.5 ppt. Support has also grown for left-wing populists... of the projected vote has fallen to 22.5 pct from 25.5 pct in December, while PASOK has fallen to 15 pct
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Bid to by-pass parliamentary inquiry stokes Tempe controversy
PoliticsGreek Politics, of the backlash it has experienced over the last few weeks. It is worth remembering that most opinion polls... of Triantopoulos avoiding the parliamentary inquiry. Maria Karystianou, who has emerged... in a positive light. The same poll found that 76 pct of those questioned feel certain that there has been
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GSEE report stresses risks on employment and the pension system, outlines burden on wages
Societylabor cost by 16 percent has been converted only by one fifth in increased price competitiveness... and has gradually dropped to 65 percent in 2014. As a result, the deviation between real wages in Greece and the EU average has significantly risen at levels that are comparable to those in the 1980s
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