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  1. The nightmare of our choice

    Agora

    two years has been like Marlow’s: As we picked our way through crumpled, charred train carriages... – it has been corroded by our own caustic mix of inefficiency and selfishness. As the Financial Times... is threatening to bring our Potemkin village of success crashing down. Two years on from the tragedy, nobody has

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  2. House of cards (The rise and fall of Akis Tsochatzopoulos)
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    Agora

    of the ruling. Apart from the fact that the Greek state has got a chance of winning back some.... There is little doubt that along with so much that is negative, the crisis has also brought... of injustice has forced the government and the judiciary to act, at last. The system cannot just live off

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  3. New Democracy risks losing moderates with move for right-wing alliance

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    the 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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  4. Coalition hopes it will have more than just Paris at the end of troika talks
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of the Greek programme has been frozen since September and the Paris talks represent a last chance... to back down on a number of pending issues in order to secure an accord with the troika, which has demanded 19 key actions. Reports suggest that the Greek delegation in Paris has proposals on all 19

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  5. All the numbers that matter in the Greek presidential election
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    fail to elect a new president then Parliament has to be dissolved and national elections called... or February 1. The numbers At the moment the government has 155 MPs (New Democracy 127 and PASOK 28... a president. On the other side of the divide, SYRIZA has 71 seats, Golden Dawn 16, Independent

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  6. Coalition sets bar low for presidential vote, opts for pre-election rhetoric

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to garner in the first presidential ballot on Wednesday. The number has appeared in several reports citing... posturing The government has chosen to focus from now on the dangers of early elections and the prospect... points to 2.8 over the last month. SYRIZA is mirroring this strategy. It has repeatedly raised

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  7. New attempt to get Cyprus talks back on track
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    " and "untimely." He has also referred to a relevant decision of the Cyprus National Council which says.... Nicosia has so far resisted these calls as this may seem like an intervention in the Republic’s... Thompson. The new US administration has confirmed "its strong support for the special adviser

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  8. Greece watches closely as Turkey prepares for referendum
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    PoliticsForeign Policy

    way. The Greek government is well aware of the current polarisation in Turkish society, which has.... Continental shelf: This is the only issue that Greece has recognised. Ankara claims that the Greek islands..., then the seabed of half the Aegean is under Turkey's authority. Airspace: Greece has 10 nautical miles

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  9. No sign of coalition letting up on Novartis case as poll shows gap closing
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    in Sunday’s To Vima suggests that 33 percent of Greeks think that the Novartis affair has helped..., 27 percent of those questioned think that the re-emergence of the Macedonia issue has helped New Democracy. Just 11 percent believe it has aided the government. According to a poll by RASS for left

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  10. Coalition eyes electoral change, polls show wide lead for New Democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    and To Potami have indicated they are willing to support the change, New Democracy has linked the restructuring to Greeks abroad being allowed to vote in national elections. The government has so far shown... that New Democracy has moved into clear majority territory. According to the Pulse poll for Skai TV

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