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Comfortable lead allows Mitsotakis to play it safe as Tsipras makes last-ditch attempt
PoliticsGreek Politicsto prevent it gaining an outright majority in Greek Parliament on Sunday. A survey by Rass published.... According to Rass, support for ND stands at 35.4 percent against 26.2 percent for SYRIZA, with 6.6 percent still undecided. Rass sees six parties making it into Parliament, which Yanis Varoufakis’s
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Newsletter 4 - 21/11/2014
, Waiting for Godot by Irish writer Samuel Beckett is an absurdist play, in which two characters
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Waiting for Godot in Greece
AgoraAccording to its Wikipedia article, Waiting for Godot by Irish writer Samuel Beckett is an absurdist play, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for the arrival of someone named Godot. The current situation in Athens has remarkable similarities with this classic
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared himself satisfied with the outcome of Friday’s EU-Turkey summit on refugees and said its content, particularly the references to the accession chapters that will open for Ankara, represented a diplomatic vict...
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Tsipras faces heavy lifting to finalise deal and get party approval
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has wasted no time in rolling out its strategy for ensuring the passage of measures being discussed with the lenders and the conclusion of the drawn-out second review. Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and Digital Policy M...
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Tsipras bids to maintain unity after heavy defeat for SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy is on course for a victory over SYRIZA of around 9.5 points, one of the biggest in the history of the European Parliament vote and a result that puts immense pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA ahead of snap general electi...
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Podcast - The heavy arm of the law: Police brutality in Greece
AgoraThe behaviour of the Greek police has come under scrutiny, again, following a number of incidents over which officers have been accused of using unnecessary and excessive force. In this episode, we take a look at why police tactics have triggered public...
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Tempe casts heavy shadow over public mood as accident report confirms serious safety failings
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOn the eve of planned demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the Tempe rail accident, more polls capture widespread public discontent with the authorities’ handling of the crash, further chipping away at support for mainstream political partie...
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Tsipras travels to China hoping to fulfil ambition of closer Sino-Greek ties
PoliticsForeign Policyof Chinese companies operating in Greece, including COSCO, Huawei, ZTE, and Air China point
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Tsipras faces challenge in turning promise of China trip into reality
PoliticsForeign Policywith top executives from the Wanda Group, Huawei, COSCO, ZTE and Fosun – large companies that have
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