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MPs vote for referendum amid growing uncertainty about euro membership
PoliticsGreek Politics27, 2015 However, this theory does not add up as there is no indication that lenders are willing... elections, if they are needed. It is becoming clear that a “No” vote will open up the path to a euro... arrangement with Greece, without immediate prospects of a follow-up arrangement, will require measures
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Yes to the referendum, no to the way it's being held
Agorain opposition. The pumping up of the anti-memorandum camp during the past few years with opportunists... the result, sign up to the deal and implement the agreement. This proposition is clearly fiction... willing to agree to when the previous government gave up on the process in December. Tsipras
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An impossible choice
AgoraJuly, after waking up on Monday to closed banks across the country and the introduction of capital... frequently spiced them up as a viable option. What rather shocked Greeks were the long queues of desperate... of Sunday’s referendum, neither Greece nor the eurozone will ever be the same when we wake up
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General gov't cash primary surplus to May halves, arrears keep rising
EconomyMacroeconomyin May make up 44.3 percent of total. Since last December they jumped by 416 million or which 74... million year to date to 734 million making up 14.6 percent of total arrears. State budget arrears... to date to 50.6 billion. Overall, bank-related guarantees reached 86.7 billion in May making up more
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Car sales rise by 21.7 pct in June for fifth straight increase above 20 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyin the past four years (since May 2011). Passenger cars, up 22.1 percent to 11,040, make up more than 86... at 66,422 in the 6-month period with passenger cars up by a similar rate to 55,054 corresponding
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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the measures needed to back up an agreement but the lenders can argue that the current... to Tsipras is to enforce a rule that SYRIZA MPs were forced to sign up to before they entered Parliament, which requires then to give up their seat if they leave the parliamentary group. This could
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Greece trying to redefine its diplomatic role in the Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Kotzias’s recent tour of the Western Balkans has ended up causing... of a special office for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. It will be set up either... Merkel's recent tour of Albania, Bosnia and Serbia – has also picked up over the last few weeks
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Refugee crisis poses multiple political challenges for Tsipras
PoliticsForeign Policyfailed to set up a service to manage some 500 million euros for addressing immigration challenges. Tsipras said it was agreed during Friday’s meeting that the service would be set up in the next few days.... The United Nations called on both Greece and Europe to step up their response to the problem after its
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Economic situation biggest worry for Greeks, latest Eurobarometer shows
SocietyEuropeans (38 percent), immigration is now seen as the main issue facing the EU in 20 member states (up... what kind of image the European Union conjured up, 37 percent of Greeks said it was negative, way... now left the group made up of Cyprus (42 percent) and Austria (36 percent) where the respondents
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A breakdown of Greece’s revised financing needs as part of its new ESM programme
EconomyProgrammethe previous assessment. 2) Cash buffer for deposit build-up of 7.6 billion compared to 4.5 billion...-up of deposits also incorporates replenishment of IMF SDR holdings of 770 million that Greece had... billion similar to those incorporated in the previous EC report. Summing up, Greece gross financing
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