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Tsipras and SYRIZA: More old than new
Agorapervading apathy. Papandreou, full of ideas imported from abroad, entered the prime minister’s office... administration’s drive also stalled before it drifted into the Lagarde list iceberg. If history is a guide, Tsipras’s path seems to have been set: after talking a good game to get elected, he will pay only lip
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Greece most socially unjust country in EU, study finds
Societyaccess, social cohesion and non-discrimination and intergenerational justice)”. In the report’s... deprivation has more than doubled from 9.7 percent in 2007 to today’s 23.8 percent.” While Greece ranks.... Also last in the dimension of social cohesion and non-discrimination. Greece’s Gini coefficient
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Home foreclosures and refugee crisis top agenda in Greece-EU talks
PoliticsForeign Policyit clear on Tuesday that he is expecting Athens to wrap up four main outstanding issues by Monday’s... plans to impose 23 percent VAT on private education As we indicated on Tuesday, the government’s... the opportunity of his joint press conference with Schulz to link Greece’s economic predicament
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Meimarakis seen as clear frontrunner with New Democracy leadership vote approaching
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith just over two weeks left until the first, and possibly only, round of New Democracy’s... in one. However, the highest rating either of them achieved was 27 percent. Meimarakis’s superiority... and Georgiadis with just 3 percent. The poll’s findings are in keeping with a survey by the same
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SYRIZA tries to contain impact of ex-minister's grave allegations
PoliticsGreek Politicsthreatening the ex-minister’s life. Panousis, who is not a member of SYRIZA, submitted to the Supreme Court... in April, and did not launch an investigation while he was still in office. Also, a member of SYRIZA’s..., it remains to be seen if the matter will be contained so easily, with Panousis’s credibility being
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Marked improvement for budget execution in Oct, primary surplus outperformance extended
EconomyMacroeconomyFollowing a deteriorated fiscal performance in September, Greece’s budget primary balance showed... surplus of 4.52 billion euros up by more than 70 percent compared to last year’s figure. At the same... led the 10-month budget deficit to 808 million euros, two-thirds lower than last year’s figure
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Paris attacks change backdrop for Tsipras visit to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyradical changes in the EU’s policy regarding asylum seekers, “as the refugees are trying to escape... as well as Greek positions on the refugee crisis and will be in a position to receive Turkey’s first... as Deputy Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas made Greece’s position on this clear on Monday, before anyone
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Deal with lenders buys coalition more time but not internal calm
PoliticsGreek PoliticsHaving overcome the obstacle of reaching an agreement with Greece’s lenders to secure the next... is only certain of protecting one in four mortgage holders and runs contrary to SYRIZA’s election... end of criticism from those demonstrating. Also, during Tuesday’s annual rally to commemorate
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NBG strengthens capital at deep discount, falls short of initial target
Agoravia the international institutional offering. After the the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) approved capital actions worth 120 million euros, NBG’s capital needs were reduced to 1.46 billion..., which was just 0.02 euros. This represents a deep discount of 93.8 percent on Thursday’s closing
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New Democracy prepares for leadership vote after abrasive campaign
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, despite his attempt to portray himself as an everyman in touch with the party’s grassroots... makes it to a second round, he may gain momentum from picking up Georgiadis’s votes. Either way, New... of introversion and in-fighting since the party’s disappointing result in the September 20 elections. The new
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