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  1. Tsipras bids to maintain unity after heavy defeat for SYRIZA
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    New 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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  2. Podcast - The heavy arm of the law: Police brutality in Greece

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    The 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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  3. Tempe casts heavy shadow over public mood as accident report confirms serious safety failings
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    On 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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  4. Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015

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    taken a heavy toll on Greek companies, from the micro or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs..., with the whole retail sector suffering heavy losses in excess of 40 percent. According to market.... On the production front, foreign suppliers are requesting cash advances for the whole amount, even from

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  5. Greek business feeling the pinch from capital controls
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    Economy

    The imposition of capital controls a month ago has taken a heavy toll on Greek companies, from... and fuel sales. However, the latter gradually smoothed out, with the whole retail sector suffering heavy... controls are widespread among all business cycles. On the production front, foreign suppliers

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  6. Athens promotes role as energy hub as PM prepares for talks in Washington
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    . Athens also decided to postpone the bilateral dialogue on confidence building measures.... to global LNG imports. The meeting was arranged days after Russian energy giant Gazprom cut off supplies... supplies from the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) that transports gas from Azerbaijan to western Europe

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  7. Government tries to purge police of Golden Dawn influence as poll shows support

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    public sentiment regarding Golden Dawn following Fyssas’s murder. An opinion poll by RASS..., are “necessary”. The RASS poll also indicated that Golden Dawn’s popularity had dropped in the wake

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  8. Samaras and Tsipras prepared to go toe to toe all the way to February
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    for the country. A new Rass poll for the iefimerida.gr news website indicates that 47.3 percent of Greeks.... It is worth noting that the RASS poll suggests only 16.4 percent of Greeks believe the government

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  9. Samaras softens stance on snap elections as decisive presidential vote looms
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    not want snap polls, while 45 percent do. A Rass poll for Eleftheros Typos suggested that 56.3 percent... percent (up 4.5 pp). The Rass survey shows a similar trend, with support for SYRIZA rising 0.7

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  10. Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign
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    SYRIZA a 7.2 percentage points lead over the conservatives, while a Rass poll for Eleftheros Typos... (@MacroPolis_gr) January 3, 2015 RASS poll for Eleftheros Typos: SYRIZA 30.4 ND 27.3 KKE 4.8 Potami 4.7 G

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