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Fires continue to test capabilities and spark political confrontation
PoliticsGreek Politicsin connection to the deadly Mati fire, which claimed 103 lives, it was ridiculed by New Democracy. Opinion..., even though PM Mitsotakis appears to have ruled out the possibility of holding elections this autumn... insistence on holding elections at the end of the government’s four-year term.
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Newsletter 18 - 06/03/2015
not sat well with European officials and there have been numerous complaints that the government... were unwilling to rollover their holdings. This meant that around 60 percent of this week’s issue had... not increase their holdings and cover even a small part of the (previous) foreign investor participation
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The tie that binds
Agoraand an agreement with the country’s lenders on debt relief. SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) MPs gathered... gave SYRIZA, and later ANEL, a platform on which to build support, bring a premature end to Samaras’s... addressed by structural reforms. In these circumstances, nobody can talk of a dramatic change in Greece’s
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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek Politicsto hang on that long due to the souring of the public’s mood following the Mati disaster. “Until recently, I expected that the SYRIZA-ANEL government… would try to hold on for the longest time possible
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A moment to reflect, not celebrate
AgoraWell, the first thing to say is: Celebrate what? Until the recent devastating fire in Mati, on the outskirts on Athens, there was talk that the government was planning a grand event to mark Greece’s... with the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) in 2015 (another product of the pro-MoU vs anti-MoU
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Market value of HFSF's bank holdings plummets by 11 bln in 2014
EconomyBankingin 2013) with cumulative collections at just 277 million, while the cumulative impairment amounts
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Tsipras aims to capitalise on debt deal as election talk is revived
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the imminent exit from the third programme. The MPs of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL) came together... holding elections next year. Holding a vote in 2019 also means that the process of ratifying the name...), before it is tabled in Greek Parliament. The vote on the agreement would allow the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
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SYRIZA seeks best path to next general elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsor postponed, thereby making the prospect of holding elections in 2019 a less daunting one. A scenario... on the pension cuts. There are some within the government who feel that Tsipras should not countenance holding... that junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) is not due to support the deal in Parliament
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Developments, poll data spark new round of speculation over elections
PoliticsGreek Politics. However, other reasons are also cited for Tsipras apparently giving thought to holding elections... of Centrists and Independent Greeks (ANEL) are seen falling short of the 3 percent threshold... by the government, before making a choice about when to hold the elections. The option of holding national polls
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Our most popular stories in 2014
Agoraexports and highlights a number of factors that are holding back their growth. Many of these elements... of households per income during 2008-2012 showed the dramatic burden on household disposable income from... is one of the reasons that on the surface Greek society’s difficulties don’t seem too dramatic. In fact
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