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  1. PM under pressure from both sides over marriage equality legislation
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    A throwaway comment by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hinting at a delay in bringing legislation on same-sex marriage has led the opposition to question the conservative leader’s appetite..., particularly in rural districts. Public opinion at large is also not supportive of the measure. In a recent

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  2. Rival opposition motions give government breathing space over farm payments scandal
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The dispute over the handling of revelations of massive fraud in the distribution of agricultural subsidies rumbles on, as opposition parties have tabled two separate motions aimed at bringing... for a preliminary parliamentary inquiry into possible charges against former rural development ministers Makis

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  3. New Democracy suffers ratings blow as farming payments scandal unfolds

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally, while just 9.2 pct believe the fault lies with the Rural Development... of the intervention of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in bringing the fraud case because

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  4. OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to the inquiry, in which he claims that he was pressured into resigning by the then rural development... the statute of limitation expired for bringing criminal charges against the former minister. Varras

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  5. Tourist arrivals in June increase 13.7 pct, bringing significant rise in receipts
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    After a temporary slowdown in May, Greece's travel receipts rebounded strongly in June, shooting up by 16.3 percent from 0.8 percent in May, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG). In absolute figures, travel receipts in June reached 1.99 billion euros f...

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  6. Athens launches drive to pre-pay part of IMF loan, bringing budget benefits
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    EconomyProgramme

    Greece has launched the formal process to pre-pay part of the loans it has received from the International Monetary Fund after Finance Minister Christos Staikouras officially requested clearance from the European Stability Mechanism in a letter on Monda...

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  7. Credit to corporations contracts in July, bringing total loans down 1.27 bln MoM
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The credit expansion in the Greek private sector remained solid in July, rising by 10.5 percent year-on-year (YoY), unchanged from the previous month, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures released on Thursday showed. The net lending flow was negative by 1.26 bi...

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  8. Government focuses on safe evacuation as pressure from fires mounts
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    The pressure on the government over the handling of wildfires increased materially over the weekend as Greece experienced a record heatwave and thousands of tourists had to be evacuated on Rhodes as a blaze ripped through the island after burning for se...

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  9. Greek crisis redux? Not exactly
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    Agora

    to investors a safe and binding monitoring arrangement for Greece, before the current one expires. It also.... It is bringing forward the spelling out of the next program, which will be in the form

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  10. Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014

    Newsletters

    safe conclusions from being drawn at this point. Samaras’s decision to switch the date... would retain a role rather than bringing a successful end to its cooperation with Greece, as Samaras had

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