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  1. SYRIZA's bid to force elections by early 2015 will be a close-run thing

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    until 2016. SYRIZA, however, has different ideas. Speaking in the Greek Parliament on Friday, SYRIZA... has 71 MPs, making a total of 101 lawmakers that would be likely to vote against the government’s... Democracy currently has 126 seats in Parliament and PASOK 27. This gives the government 153 seats

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  2. SYRIZA gives up on "odious debt" write-off but not major debt relief
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    of Alexis Tsipras coming to power and repudiating a large chunk of Greece's debt has been played... team, has now suggested that only around 5 percent of Greece's debt, which is expected to stand... belief that this is an impossible task for the economy as it stands today and has never happened

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  3. Off the isles of Greece
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    caused their boat to tip over. Greece's Merchant Marine Minister Miltos Varvitsiotis says he has data... explanation and has called for an investigation. The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human... are being left largely unaided to deal with a problem that has to do with the EU as a whole. Last year

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  4. Polls turn in SYRIZA’s favour but also show that doubts persists

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    might take. However, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn has now indicated... vote in May. With misgivings persisting about the economic recovery the government has promised... polls also pose some difficult questions for SYRIZA. The Metron Analysis survey has 59 percent

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  5. Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial

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    The date for what is certain to prove one of this year’s watershed moments has been set... of Greeks who cast a ballot in the European elections has been dropping steadily to an all-time low of 52.6... that public opinion has shifted decisively in their favour. SYRIZA would also find it difficult to declare

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  6. Greece, the troika and banks' capital needs: A step-by-step guide
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    that the IMF has estimated capital needs at 20 billion euros, almost four times larger than.... The FT also indicated that the ECB has similar estimates to the IMF and has pushed for Greece to take... needs. This takes us to the most important issue, and the one that has confused the investment

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  7. Greece’s return to capital markets: Why not try a diaspora bond first?
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    -year hiatus - the time has come. In their view Greece’s emerging economic stability and newfound... and worked for generations. To illustrate the point, since 1951 Israel has repeatedly issued diaspora bonds... transmission channels. But they could also invest in a diaspora bond that is properly registered, has

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  8. Another party arrives on Greece's increasingly diffuse political scene
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    of yet another grouping on what has become a rather crowded Greek political scene. Until the two general... – pro-memorandum and anti-memorandum – has changed this. Support has been fragmented. In the June 2012... advocates that Greece should leave the euro and return to the drachma. There has also been movement

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  9. Is the Greek coalition about to cry over fresh milk?
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    the government’s already strained cohesion. One coalition MP after another has been saying since last week... urban markets.” The government has not given precise details about what it has agreed with the troika...-day and 11-day categories. This has not been well received by a number of New Democracy and PASOK MPs

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  10. Greek coalition reaches milestones but PASOK looking increasingly weary

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    The Greek government has passed some significant milestones this week but fresh turmoil in PASOK... to the government’s stability has emerged. Sunday’s vote resulted in three coalition MPs failing to fully... to call snap elections. Beyond highlighting how fragile the government’s majority has become since

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