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  1. Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
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    Agora

    “Samaras rescues Greece” – it’s the headline the prime minister and many in his office would have cherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... that also saw them through the game with Ivory Coast. At a time when Greek society is so deeply divided

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  2. ND on spot over police raid but opinion poll ratings provide comfort
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    that they were beaten and arrested for supposedly impeding the police’s work after refusing to give access... rise for SYRIZA, which saw its backing rise to 25 pct. There was hardly any movement among

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  3. Newsletter 387 - 30/06/2023

    Newsletters

    PoliticsMitsotakis re-elected, Tsipras beaten and far right resurgentSunday’s election delivered a comfortable majority and a second four-year term for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, dealt... into 158 seats in Parliament. Main opposition party SYRIZA saw its support dwindle even further

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  4. Second round of local elections deliver worrying results for PM, glimmer of hope for opposition

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    . However, he was soundly beaten by Dimitris Kouretas, a candidate put forward by centre-left PASOK... on social media. It should also be noted that the Communist Party (KKE) saw its candidates win six

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  5. Differences over Macedonia name issue put coalition unity under scrutiny
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    party, Independent Greeks (ANEL), have failed to see eye to eye on an issue. There have been occasions since 2015 when ANEL has refused to support draft legislation in Parliament and there has never... it “interesting.” ANEL struggling Kammenos, who labelled Kotzias the best foreign minister Greece has

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  6. Public sector evaluation and hirings in the spotlight
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    come up against a brick wall in its efforts to conduct the evaluation. According to Kathimerini... that the abstention was a result of SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks (ANEL) undermining the evaluation process

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  7. Whether an "early" or "clean" exit, it's the same old story for Greece

    Agora

    (ANEL) coalition has been building towards this moment ever since it was re-elected in September 2015... by the charts below (the first from this piece by Nektaria Stamouli and Marcus Walker in the Wall Street

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  8. Why did Greece return to bond markets now? Was it the right decision?

    Economy

    is just one paving stone in this process. It signifies an end to one part of the crisis, which saw... percent, banks for 14 percent and pension and insurance funds for 4 percent. The Wall Street.... There is a flipside, though. For starters, the first day of trading for the new bond saw the yield climb

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  9. Newsletter 61 - 05/02/2016

    Newsletters

    strike saw one of the strongest turnouts in recent years, uniting a wide range of professionals... measures now that will last in order to make it sustainable. The general strike on Thursday saw one... a brick wall. This possibility has stoked speculation about the prime minister turning to other parties

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  10. Tracing the decline of the middle class as parties vie for its votes
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    EconomyFeatures

    , with the exception of the lowest earners who saw their tax increase threefold between 2012-2014 (though from.... Households earning 12,000-16,000 euros saw their tax increased by 21 percent in 2012-2014 and 26 percent... to wall, and that is why professional politicians mostly avoid it, preferring instead to allude

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