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Turkey's actions in Cypriot EEZ put Athens, Nicosia on alert
PoliticsForeign Policyside has already tabled relevant documents at the United Nations claiming that the Turkish... of the sea area where Fatih is expected to drill until September has been chosen carefully as Athens.... Traditionally, this has been a period during which the two sides avoid dogfights. This development was a blow
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Building permits drop by 5.1 pct in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyhas remained subdued in recent years as both private and public construction projects were halted due... permits, the total for 2018 has surpassed the total for 2017 by 1,478 permits. However, the total... points to -49.5 from -48 in March. Compared to the same month last year, construction confidence has
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Athens moves ahead with expansionary measures as it waits for lenders' response
EconomyProgrammeand the primary surplus targets that Greece has to meet over the coming years. In their entirety, the fiscal impact of the interventions is seen exceeding the fiscal space the government has estimated... on Thursday is the proposal the government has made regarding putting 5.5 billion euros from the cash
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Leaders present voters with stark choices as campaign reaches climax
PoliticsGreek Politicschange has been taken,” he said. “The country will head to elections on October 20 at the latest anyway... dilemma during his speech in Thessaloniki on Wednesday night, playing on the theme SYRIZA has established... that the gap between the governing party and the opposition has narrowed. The poll put the difference
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Tsipras calls snap elections after heavy defeat that puts ND on course for clear majority
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter the second round of local elections next Sunday. The campaign has to be a minimum of three weeks... on their own. Pollsters believe that the opposition party has the necessary momentum after Sunday’s result... the convincing victory over its key political rival. “Greece has been through the mill. I am not expecting
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SYRIZA seeks to recover from election shock, ND prepares for power
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA has begun the process of trying to heal the wounds from Sunday’s devastating election result... to ensure that it has a clear and prominent future on the Greek political landscape. Its result... the outcome of the European elections accurately. The credit for the party’s forecasting has been given
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How Greece's electoral map changed radically over 10 years
Agorain younger groups is more modest. Additionally, SYRIZA has lost all occupations apart from the unemployed... doubt that there has been a substantial shift in Greek voters’ views and preferences, which... will be a centre-right government with a clear majority. The last decade has seen Greece’s electoral
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Mitsotakis urges voters to give ND clear majority amid KINAL turmoil
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made it clear that his main aim in the upcoming... alliance between the two parties, however, has been made more difficult by the decision taken by KINAL... his term ends early next year, has also been mentioned. The split between Gennimata and Venizelos
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Building permits drop by 14.4 pct in March
EconomyMacroeconomysector has remained subdued in recent years as both private and public construction projects were.... At 15,325 permits, the total for 2018 has surpassed the total for 2017 by 1,478 permits. However... to -53.6 from -49.5 in April. Compared to the same month last year, construction confidence has risen
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ND maintains big lead but keeps foot down to counter possible low turnout
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Mitsotakis has ruled out working with SYRIZA, his sights are set on gaining a parliamentary majority... that some Greeks might not vote and others might consider that the result has already been determined... with safeguarding delicate balances within his party. A complication has emerged over the televised debate
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