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The possible scenarios for avoiding snap elections in Greece
PoliticsGreek Politics, it would require a major climbdown from Samaras, which also seems unlikely. Dimas could stand down..., which around 56 percent of Greeks do not want according to a Marc poll aired by Alpha TV on Wednesday... brought down Mitsotakis’s New Democracy government in 1992 by leaving to form his own party and many
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Heading for slim election win, SYRIZA tries to secure MPs' loyalty
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe leftists gaining 30.5 percent and the conservatives 27. GPO poll for Mega TV SYRIZA 28.5% ND 25.3 Potami... to either back down from its positions and compromise or seek an all-out confrontation... of its MPs to step down if there is a majority decision by the party’s central committee or congress
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Tsipras seeks tone of cooperation and persistence at Merkel talks
PoliticsGreek Politicsout. When speaking to the media, both leaders stressed the need to tone down the public discussion... Street Journal put it, the main message emanating from the meeting was: “Everybody, calm down... the country’s lenders will react. Government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis told Mega TV on Tuesday
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Newsletter 31 - 19/06/2015
in multinational missions has been trimmed down, NATO spending requirements mean that it is required to invest more... to bases around the country. This week he called for public TV to air a weekly programme about... government has included cuts of 200 million euros to defence expenditure, mainly from shutting down some
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Why doesn't Tsipras just cut defence spending?
Agorabeen trimmed down, NATO spending requirements mean that it is required to invest more than 2... around the country. This week he called for public TV to air a weekly programme about the country’s armed... included cuts of 200 million euros to defence expenditure, mainly from shutting down some military camps
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Fallout from aborted leadership vote tests New Democracy's unity
PoliticsGreek Politics, Meimarakis also called in to a TV show to say that if Samaras did not publicly back him he would step down. This came after sources close to Samaras suggested that Meimarakis should resign due... proposal to stand down, Meimarakis called for all the other candidates to leave their positions ahead
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On the road to realpolitik with Alexis Tsipras at the wheel
Agorastrip and, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, spoke to TV cameras about the “brutality” being inflicted... latest stint as prime minister, is down to 153 out 300 seats in Parliament. The SYRIZA leader may... in such an uncooperative mood) that it will not take a mass rebellion to destabilise or even bring down his government
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Declining flow of refugees gives struggling government some hope
PoliticsForeign Policydied down in the wake of the deal, which will see Greece returning refugees and migrants to its... arrivals for March appear well down on February's, they are far higher than the figures for last... took an unexpected turn on Sunday, when Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas suggested in a TV
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Newsletter 85 - 05/08/2016
that the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 23.3 percent in May from 23.6 percent... preparations have to be made. In an interview with Skai TV on Thursday, Mouzalas said that Greece... led to the Sunday service being interrupted, was prompted by the police clamping down on illegal
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Still facing pile of bailout tasks, Athens looks ahead to post-MoU actions
EconomyProgrammewith Skai TV on Tuesday, Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou highlighted some of the changes... it down close to zero by August. According to data published last June by the Confederation of Social... Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) reportedly puts this delay down to the checks on the technical
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