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  1. Snap elections in Greece: The scenarios ahead

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    likely than the latter and so far only one polling company (Public Issue) has published projected... from PASOK rather than the whole party. Also, the possibility that ex-Prime Minister George Papandreou... in office for anything more than the short-term. No clear winner, back to square one There is strong

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  2. How SYRIZA says it will fund its economic policies
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    Economy

    capital for anything other than bank recapitalisation requires approval by the Eurogroup as well as from... to be further recapitalized (to cover capital losses due to bad loan write-offs) using HFSF funds rather than... target. 3) Settlement of unpaid taxes. SYRIZA expects more than 20 billion euros of the outstanding

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  3. Bookies see comfortable win for SYRIZA, close contest for third place

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    aspect of the election race and appears to concern two rather than three or four political parties... scenario is SYRIZA gaining more than 33.75 percent of votes (odds at 1.75) with New Democracy winning less than 28.5 percent of votes (odds at 1.75). This suggests a margin in excess of 5 percentage

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  4. Eurosystem funding for Greek banks shoots up by 11.2 bln in December

    EconomyMacroeconomy

    recorded in February 2012. Following a sharp drop by more than 30 billion euros in the 9-month period... banking sources, local media indicate that the significant increase of more than 11 billion euros... are continuing in January mainly due to money withdrawals from retail accounts rather than money

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  5. Bookies' odds against SYRIZA emerging with majority from Sunday's elections
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    majority. They also anticipate a close contest for the third place and believe it is more likely than... -1.40 for no outright majority compared to 2.75 – 3.30 for the winning party gaining more than 150... right power lower than it should be. Betting odds for GD and To Potami provided by Sportingbet stand

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  6. Top SYRIZA officials hint at path to compromise with eurozone
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    servicing costs, rather than a reduction in the principal. Giorgos Stathakis, who is likely to take up... closer to an agreement than had seemed the case for the last few months. New programme SYRIZA’s... to reach an agreement after Sunday’s vote which could be repackaged as something much more benign than

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  7. First rise since 2009 for Greek household disposable income in Q3 2014
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    taxation. Since 2009, compensation of employees was reduced by almost 31 percent (more than 6.5 billion..., which corresponds to more than 3.2 billion that are no more available for Greek households... impact of more than 800 million on households’ income. Household final consumption rose by 2.3 percent

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  8. New Greek cabinet a mixed bag, prompting hope and concern
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    should be to reduce annual interest payments to less than 2.5 percent from the current 4.3 percent rather than a reduction in the principal. Stathakis's department will also be responsible for two key... was foreign minister more than a decade ago. More recently, he has worked as a professor

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  9. Samaras future unclear as New Democracy enters period of introspection

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    committee on Thursday, when he pointed out that the party had lost less than 2 percentage points... also underlined that the party had gained more than 400,000 votes since the European Parliament... convincing. His critics will point out that the conservatives lost more than 100,000 votes compared

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  10. Structural problems and dramatic drop in funding harm mental health care in Greece
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    Society

    . Above Bulgaria and Romania in the overall ranking, Greece failed to place higher than 24th... rather than by domestic demand,” it added. There have been pockets of progress, however. Most... than insufficient, understaffed hospital wards is the poor state of community-based facilities

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