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Economic situation biggest worry for Greeks, latest Eurobarometer shows
Societyit as the biggest problem, as opposed to an EU average of 42 percent. Yet, although Greece has the highest...), while 38 percent (+6 percent) said they were neutral, which on par with the EU average. Greece has...) and France (55 percent). Opposition to the euro in Greece has also fallen, decreasing by seven points
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TINA politics and the Greek elections
Agora. New parties are emerging on the left of the political spectrum. His own Syriza party has yet... election, they may also offer something that the Greek electorate has not given up hope on entirely... in Athens. Under these constraining circumstances the field of pro-memorandum parties has
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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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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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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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Privatisation chief sees gradual progress but revenues remain unclear
Economywith the preferred bidder will examine potential improvements to the agreement that has already been... has no official information on this issue. According to the latest official announcement..., “since mid-July and particularly after the September 20 election, HRADF has accelerated its efforts
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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 hopes for respite from ex-minister's claims as probes launched
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto the claims on Friday. Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani has ordered a probe into claims... of the allegations and the prime minister’s office has not responded directly to the claim that Tsipras... government policy. SYRIZA has tried over the last years to shrug off persistent accusations from its
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Greece steps up effort to bolster relations with Iran
PoliticsForeign Policycautiously as it did not want to provoke reactions among its allies. The SYRIZA government has shown... conclusion of Iran’s lengthy negotiations over its nuclear program in July. Athens has been encouraged... that there are other countries that already play this role. Athens however has made some moves
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