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Tax and banks dominate government's thoughts amid opposition, public pressure
PoliticsGreek Politicscrisis. Speaking on Open TV on Sunday, PASOK’s spokesman Konstantinos Tsoukalas accused New... after finding itself on the receiving end of more pressure from the opposition, but also public... on finding ways of lightening the tax burden ahead of the next national vote, due in 2027. Naftemporiki
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Lack of perceived alternatives strengthens ND as challenger parties lose shine
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Alco for Alpha TV showed New Democracy gaining 1.6 percentage points to amass 25.1 pct of voting... the parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal, which concluded officially on Tuesday, finding... a negative view, compared to 33 pct in January. The finding suggests that continued exposure
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The rise of a "Spanish SYRIZA" transform’s country’s politics
Agorainterventions of its leader, Pablo Iglesias, on several TV talk shows– contrasted with the huge support... of online followers has soared while its presence on TV has exponentially risen to an extreme... in a TV debate. As a result, Iglesias has 100,000 more followers on Twitter than the Spanish prime
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Complications over president a taste of things to come for Tsipras?
PoliticsGreek Politicsreceived are likely to act as deterrents to Lafazanis and his colleagues. A Marc poll for Alpha TV... government has the overwhelming support of voters at the moment. Marc poll for Alpha TV: What's your... ready to accept a compromise. The Marc poll for Alpha TV indicates that 56 percent of Greeks want
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Tsipras gives air of resistance but leaves door ajar for agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsat New Democracy, where Antonis Samaras insists on not stepping down. A GPO poll for Mega TV made... the leftist party by 12.1 percentage points. GPO poll for Mega TV SYRIZA 35.1% New Democracy 23 Potami 6 G...’s situation would have been worse if New Democracy had won January’s election. GPO poll for Mega TV
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Parties step up battle for voters in election home stretch
PoliticsGreek Politicsjournalists and set out his party’s positions. During the part shown on Greek TV, he insisted... was shown on TV for 45 mins in line with the electoral rules, but Tsipras continued to take questions after... and lowering VAT, before new elections would be called. In a TV interview on Tuesday night, Mitsotakis
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Greek crisis redux? Not exactly
Agorawith Alpha TV and columnist for Kathimerini newspaper. Follow him at: @iliassiak Ilias Siakantaris... to investors a safe and binding monitoring arrangement for Greece, before the current one expires. It also
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Greece commits to ambitious privatisation targets as part of new bailout
EconomyProgrammeTV (ERT) on Thursday evening, Deputy PM Yiannis Dragasakis ruled out the sale of the state’s stake... prior actions: 1) Announce binding bid dates for Piraeus (OLP) and Thessaloniki (OLTH) port
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Athens waits for Moscovici visit, eyes debt relief and lower volume of measures
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe technical teams have had a chance to examine the fiscal data for 2016. Speaking on Ant-1 TV on Monday... of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that some legally-binding commitment to medium-term debt relief
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This is where the last few days have left Greece and lenders
Agoranewspaper claimed of “red lines” being crossed, while a journalist claimed on TV that this meant... in Greece. Debt relief The vital element to binding all this together and actually presenting Greece
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