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ND targets eye-catching wins in local elections as SYRIZA officials agree tentative truce
PoliticsGreek Politicslike to perform a clean sweep in Sunday’s elections, when candidates require to gain more than 43... sights trained on New Democracy, rather than to get embroiled in in-fighting. However, the truce... politics and PASOK has decided not to officially endorse any mayoral candidates. Next summer’s
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Reported widening of revenue shortfall in Feb as liquidity worries persist
Economy(ENFIA) revenues, are higher from last year but lower than target. In January VAT revenues reached 1.33... of VAT revenues in February, due to the payment of January obligations, would reduce rather than... to the January figure than the total amount would reach 2.63 billion in line with target of 2.65 billion. Note
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
, more than 700 million (corresponding to at least half of the issue) was covered from the accounts of general government entities held More than 700 million of the T-Bill issue was covered from... allowing the government to utilise cash reserves of more than 300 million from two general government
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Government courts backlash over squat raids, while opposition is absorbed in internal debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the raids was prompt, it was perhaps more muted than would be expected under different... mayoral campaign. On a national level, Exarchia has become synonymous with New Democracy’s law
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Clash over institutional interference primes political mood ahead of local elections
PoliticsGreek Politics, rather than just SYRIZA members, feels about him. His first visit, on Monday, is due to take place... that New Democracy is only backing three mayoral candidates – all incumbents – in Athens
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Kasselakis looks to rehabilitate foreign policy credentials with Cyprus visit
PoliticsGreek Politicsrequires parties to put forward no fewer than 40 percent of candidates from each gender.... contest. The figures reveal that out of 1,222 mayoral candidates, just 164 (or 13.5 percent) are women
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PASOK leadership debate highlights tensions as SYRIZA unites briefly for Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe six candidates in the PASOK leadership contest squared off in a televised debate focussed more on loyalties rather than policies, delivering no clear winner but offering some hints of the rivals..., with Doukas looking to the left, as he had done successfully in his mayoral race, but others eyeing
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign Policya cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey, towards Libya’s shores. Also, being on the “wrong... than its own surface.” Ankara also recently claimed that even an island of the size of Crete cannot have a cut-off effect on the coastal projection of Turkey to the Libya’s shores. Athens believes
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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis rather than his leadership rivals. A prospective victory would.... Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara...-wing critics rather than economic policy or the parliamentary opposition is significant
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