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Tsipras softens stance on coalition options as leaders head to debate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreeks in government are disappearing, Alexis Tsipras has started to soften his position... of coalition government after September 20. New Democracy’s Evangelos Meimarakis has decided from the outset... messages and that Meimarakis has beaten him to this particular political ground. Voters will get
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Looking in on the Greek elections from the outside
AgoraTsipras has a major political challenge to overcome, both domestically and vis-à-vis his European... lacks the credentials as a moderate reformer. But he has also been discredited as the presumed leader... during campaign appearances has caught the attention of European observers. He may appear to be a safer
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Tsipras bid to focus campaign on corruption issue runs into trouble
PoliticsGreek Politics. The case has already been seized upon by the opposition parties, which are pointing to it as proof... not yet renewed their support. He has been a standard bearer for the fight against corruption in this campaign and SYRIZA main campaign theme has been sweeping away the old system. The blow may
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Latest polls add to uncertainty ahead of Sunday's elections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe unpredictability of Sunday’s elections has been underlined by the latest opinion polls... that the debate has had little impact on the election race is also supported by the poll indicating... the result. Tsipras has stepped up his attacks on New Democracy but the speculation surrounding his close
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Ambitious privatisation targets will test government's resolve
Economytargets ahead for the coalition. The government has committed for total privatisation proceeds of 6.4... the privatisation that has stalled in the first half of the year, the government has pledged to adopt
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Tsipras seeks alternatives to bailout measures as ND race begins
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the most sensitive issues that Tsipras has to face in the weeks ahead. For now, though, the prime... to collect the signatures he needed underlined his weak starting position. His campaign has not been... the ballot will be held and what the process for the vote will be. Mitsotakis has proposed holding
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Crumbling Greek pension system threatens big fiscal gap, budget derailment
Economy. These mainly relate to pending pensions, i.e. applications for pensions for which the process has been... in contributions has been entered into the installment scheme, resulting in revenue collection of 300 million..., though, that SSFs owe to EOPPY a total of 1.77 billion euros that has accumulated between 2012 until
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Greek stocks up by 1.3 pct this week on banks’ 12.4 pct rebound
Economythe 700-point mark, as it has done since August 11, landing at 685.95 points on Friday. Since the bourse reopened after the imposition of capital controls, it has recorded losses of 14 percent. Banks... the beginning of August, trading activity has nosedived by around 70 percent amid lack of foreign
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Greece and lenders far apart on foreclosures as housing NPLs keep rising
EconomyProgrammethat the view of the Commission and the other institutions is that the protection has to be focused...-performing loans (NPLs), whereas the government aims to protect 72.4 percent of them. The government has... Greece has to implement to qualify for the disbursement of the next sub-tranche of 2 billion.
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Coalition starts to feel backlash from latest round of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicshappen when the Eurogroup meets on November 9. In the meantime, the government also has to contend... professional groups to the measures the government is adopting. Greece has just over 82,000 local... pharmacists – famously Greece has almost 100 pharmacists per 100,000 inhabitants, which is by far
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