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  1. PASOK's growing internal strife hampering Greek coalition
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Tree alliance. This has prompted many within the party to question PASOK’s role in the government... as possible. He argued that that the country has been in limbo since the EU elections and that this has

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  2. Greeks most sceptical of EU and US policy towards Russia, poll indicates
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    as far as its relations with Moscow are concerned. Now, a new survey has outlined to what extent... of the way their government has approached the Russian issue. This is one of the lowest ratings... highlights the way in which the economic crisis has damaged Greeks’ trust in the EU. “Fifty-three percent

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  3. Greek economic sentiment and consumer confidence fall for third month in a row
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    of 104.1 posted in June, Greek ESI has lost almost 5 points. However, the year to date balance remains... in the succeeding 3.5 years. Since October 2012, it has been on a broadly upward trend, amassing cumulative... Since then, consumer confidence has made cumulative gains of almost 21 points. The other four

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  4. Samaras buys some time with request for confidence vote
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    Amid growing speculation that he would call early elections, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has.... The coalition has 154 of 300 MPs but the constitution requires the government to win only half..., it will not reverse the coalition's declining opinion poll ratings overnight. Samaras has only a small

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  5. DIMAR left in disarray after failed attempt to oust Kouvelis

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    of the coalition’s main hopes for ensuring it does not lose the presidential vote early next year has been... of the internal battle that broke out within the grouping, whose support has been declining over the last... by this revolt although he has seen the number of DIMAR MPs steadily dwindle from 17 in June 2012 to just 10

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  6. Ahead of bailout talks, IMF chief raises doubts about clean Greek exit
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    but the former French finance minister has questioned hopes in Athens for a clean break. The fact that Greece... Securities and covered bonds purchase scheme. Now, the IMF chief has raised doubts about whether Greece... pleased that Greece has significantly improved its position, from a fiscal point of view

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  7. Greece steps up efforts for early bailout exit but lenders play it coy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    ) in order to reduce its debt and the deficit targets it has to meet in the coming years. It is estimated that the HFSF has around 11.5 billion euros in its buffer but some of this might be needed... won the vote with the backing of only its own 155 MPs. This means it has to secure the support

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  8. ECB tests find negligible capital shortfalls at Greek banks
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    Economy

    respectively. However, in its 178-page aggregate report on the QA, the ECB stressed that NBG has no shortfall and Eurobank has practically no shortfall. This seems an indirection of the country report... the static and dynamic models, showed: Alpha Bank The bank has zero capital shortfall in both

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  9. Significant rises for Greek economic sentiment, consumer confidence in October
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    peaked at 104.1 in June and has dropped by almost 2 points since then. Nevertheless, the year to date... exhibited high volatility until October 2012. Since then, it has recorded a broadly upward movement... then, the headline figure has enjoyed cumulative gains of more than 25 points. The other four business

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  10. Tsipras bolsters ties with Europe’s rising leftists but also looks beyond

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    For the last couple of years, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has described what seemed like a leftist... in their countries. Certainly, the dynamic created by the rise of SYRIZA and more recently Podemos has given... but has postponed this in the wake of reports about Luxembourg signing tax avoidance deals

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