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  1. Latest polls add to uncertainty ahead of Sunday's elections
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    of Macedonia poll for Skai TV, which had put SYRIZA 1 point ahead last Friday now shows New Democracy with a lead of half a point. A Prorata poll for Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper still shows SYRIZA ahead (by four points) but with its lead narrowing by 1 point since last week. Kapa Research shows

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  2. Tsipras is at his strongest, but for how long?
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    predicted anywhere near a 7.4 percentage point win, which raises a new set of questions about... responsibility” for the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas. Many Greeks decided there was no point..., a process that has repeatedly stretched Greek governments to breaking point in previous years. This makes

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  3. Newsletter 45 - 02/10/2015

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    than 15 November”. Although current estimates point to a lower level of official sector... or centre-right of the political spectrum. According to Public Issue, there was a 9.2 point increase... to the role that its EU partners believe it should fulfil as a point of entry. The European Commission

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  4. Crumbling Greek pension system threatens big fiscal gap, budget derailment
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    Economy

    key figures for each pension fund that point to a bleak outlook for the social security sector... grants supplementary pensions and the latest figures point to 1.09 million pensions, with a monthly... funds and ETEA point to 142,644 pending main pensions and 129,885 pending supplementary pensions

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  5. Gov't mounts defence of pension plan but lenders' approval may take time

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    . On Wednesday, the coalition announced a point-by-point rebuttal of opposition criticism regarding its... pensions would increase by 1 percentage point (from 3 to 4 percent). Government spokeswoman Olga

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  6. Uncomfortable parallels: The Greek and British referendums
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    Agora

    ) is a worse place now than it was at some foggy point in the past where we achieved peak Blighty.” Last year... and doing away with the annoying details of reality, what the experts says and what the numbers point... – of the myths that politicians have only been too happy to allow to flourish because at some point it served

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  7. Athens sticks by effort to build bridges with FYROM
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    counterpart, Nikola Poposki, did not discuss the name issue, as “there was no point” given... at the most difficult point in the refugee crisis. Amid new concerns over how the crisis will evolve... and Skopje that will allow the resolution of the name issue at some point in the future. According

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  8. Newsletter 96 - 18/11/2016

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    figures for the eight months up to August still point to a drop of 7.9 percent in building permits... the limits of austerity demands on Greece. What is rather uncertain at this point is the amount... crisis during the electoral campaign. But Trump did point out in July 2015 in an interview with Fox

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  9. Newsletter 100 - 16/12/2016

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    that it is not willing to countenance the idea of adopting further measures to close the 2 percentage point fiscal gap... in Berlin on Friday with the impression that the IMF’s demands for another 2 percentage point... in the last three months, the aggregate figure for the first nine months of the year continues to point

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  10. Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
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    Agora

    , as if to drive this point home and rub salt into the wounds of the Greek entrepreneur. Taxes Let’s stick... for a better balance over the years but we’ve arrived at a point now where more than 80 percent of public... inside and outside of parliament dwindle to the point that their survival is in question. Against

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