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SYRIZA drawing up manifesto and foraging for allies
PoliticsGreek Politicsto respond to the persistant doubts about whether the opposition party has the answers to Greece’s... of the republic fails to garner 180 votes. SYRIZA has spent the last few weeks trying to build... to discuss the forestry bill, which has been tabled in the House and which also contains contentious
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Multi-bill passes but coalition's relationship with armed forces and police sours further
PoliticsForeign Policythe 2012 wage cut and the merging of their auxiliary pension funds has left the armed forces and emergency services at odds with the government. It was noticeable that SYRIZA, which has ideological... the unions representing the civil servants in question. There has been deep concern in New
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New Democracy risks losing moderates with move for right-wing alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe next elections has had a mixed response so far but the most important reaction could yet be the one... Democracy will alienate the moderates within its party and the section of the Greek public that has... Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), Giorgis Karatzaferis has said he would be willing to join an alliance
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DIMAR's collapse continues, leaving doubts about presidential vote and centre-left
PoliticsGreek Politicslawmaker. Lykoudis leads the so-called Reformist Wing of the small party and has aired concerns over the last few months about the direction DIMAR has taken since leaving the government in June 2013... departure means that the party now has just 10 deputies, compared to the 17 that were elected in June
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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsto an outright rebellion, the numbers do not yet add up in terms of opposition MPs. The government has... for these votes are Democratic Left (DIMAR) and the large group of independent MPs. DIMAR has 10 MPs, while... as possible candidates. A fourth option has been put forward by former Prime Minister Costas
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To Potami intensifies efforts to mop up disgruntled Greek voters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTo Potami, the centrist party founded by journalist Stavros Theodorakis in February, has published the closest thing to a manifesto it has produced in the last seven months. Theodorakis set out... in the EU ballot after such a short existence, To Potami’s message has remained rather vague
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New Democracy hopes to celebrate 40th anniversary with rallying call
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy has planned two events to mark the occasion: One in Halkidiki on September 27 and another... elections (22.7 percent) in May, New Democracy has slipped several percentage points behind SYRIZA... has lost votes to both sides of the political spectrum over the last couple of years but Samaras
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Wealth in Greece plunged by 170 bln since 2007, report finds
Societywealth in Greece is estimated at 0.56 trillion euros, similar to that in Finland, which has less than half of Greece’s population, and below that of Portugal (0.76 trillion), which also has lower... at 3.5 – 4.4 percent respectively. In contrast, Slovakia has the lowest density (0.5 percent
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ECB set to provide extra liquidity to Greek banks but capital needs remain an issue
Economyreflected in the bank share performance, which has plummeted 23 percent in the last month. More than one third of their value has been wiped out over the past six months, when the last capital increased... haircuts Bank of Greece sources said on Thursday that the ECB has decided to reduce the haircut applied
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Education dispute opens up new front for coalition at sensitive time
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAlready plagued by a series of problems, the government has found itself fighting on another front.... The university said that it has received 2,500 applications for transfers. Security checks Another... disputes has been much milder than in the past. Apart from some strong words in Parliament and a couple
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