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Tempe-related tension, cost of living continue to dog government
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be exhumed for further forensic tests. Ruci’s protest put the government in an uncomfortable position... Ministry being put in charge of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. They argue that it is a public space..., public support remains strong. As one member put it to Kathimerini: “It’s not so much our flower pots
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Newsletter 489 - 19/12/2025
, sharpening political tensions and eroding support for the ruling New Democracy party. Farmers put together... PASOK was steady at 12.3%. Weighted results put New Democracy at 28%, PASOK at 14.6, Greek Solution... a difficult path back to electability. Projections put the ruling party below the 30% target it has set
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A quarter-pounder democracy
AgoraJust under 17 years ago, New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman put forward a theory that if McDonald’s restaurants open in a country, a functioning democracy and institutions won’t be far behind... be put into practice, the institutional malaise will continue. Until our institutional weaknesses
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Greece's 2014 fiscal gap suddenly appears bigger, much bigger
Economyexecutive board member Joerg Asmussen appears to have put the economic plan in some doubt, while... 50 percent or so. Asmussen also put the financing gap, the difference between how much money Greece
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Coalition in a bind as debt relief slips away and more austerity looms
PoliticsGreek Politicsput the Greek government on tenterhooks. There are indications that genuine concern has gripped Prime... whole crisis strategy is in danger of being put in doubt. Samaras, Venizelos and Stournaras have
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How big is Greek fiscal gap? Will cuts be needed? Here's our Q&A
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be and what measures the government would have to take to fill it. In the meantime, we have put... said that government officials speaking anonymously after the EU summit put the figure at no more
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Does new troika visit spell fresh drama for Greece? Maybe not
Economy,” as International Monetary Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde put it. Greece presented a draft... Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen put a figure next to what until then was a vague
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When will Greek banks operate as credit institutions again?
Agorais happening at an uninterrupted pace for more than two years now. Put otherwise, since the beginning of 2011... such companies alive. Put otherwise, the normalisation of the credit transmission mechanism through
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Last man standing
Agoraon November 4 to put minds outside of Greece at ease with regard to his party’s plans should... reliant on put-downs and one-liners. Its attempts to inspire mass demonstrations have failed. While
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Europe missed an opportunity on banking union
Agorabanks and will put all lenders through stress tests. The ECB’s involvement gives us hope... markets, rely heavily on banks for financing. If the banking system is not put in order
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