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Newsletter 36 - 24/07/2015
the date of any snap elections back from the dates which are currently being mentioned: September 6, 12... of an easy escape. They were also enticed by the facile messages about sovereignty being wrestled back from... together is what is driving supposed partners apart; it is the only thing that can bring them back
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Tsipras lays down gauntlet to SYRIZA rebels, proposes September congress or members' vote
PoliticsGreek Politics. It would be safe to assume that even more of those delegates would now back the position of SYRIZA's... as the "53," reportedly decided to back the prime minister. This could create a significant swing within.... Should the central committee back Tsipras's suggestion for a September congress, it gives the prime
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Newsletter 37 - 31/07/2015
that the institutions might ask for some of these measures or the rolling back of some... the discussions with Greece’s lenders. Late on Thursday, SYRIZA’s central committee decided instead to back... of orders due to lower demand. On the back of considerable delays in shipping and in offering guarantees
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Opposition drags out pre-election process, hoping Tsipras pays cost
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy leader Evengelos Meimarakis handed back on Monday morning the three-day exploratory..., To Potami and PASOK, which is the only administration that could be cobbled together. After handing back... August 27, when Lafazanis will hand back the mandate, it would be within the constitutional parameters
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Election Watch: What are Greeks voting for?
Agorathat it was Samaras’s decision to fall back on populist tactics after SYRIZA won the European... future back on them. It could be, though, that Greece ends up with such a muddled result that voters will simply pass back the buck and force the politicians to find a way to make things work. Nick
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Limited results from Tsipras's diplomatic marathon in New York
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras brought back a mixed set if results to Athens after spending... criticised back home for his poor performance, especially due to his faltering English, the major... to back this idea. Additionally, it could be regarded as positive that the premiers of both Greece
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Newsletter 48 - 23/10/2015
education reached its conclusion. Having gone back and forth over the policy since August, when... and nursery schools are exempt from the measure. The final decision represents a scaling back... on the cases of civil servants trying to get their public sector jobs back and – a few months later – he
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Leaving Greece's annus horribilis behind
Agora. In the course of a confrontational back-and-forth with the troika, the threat of a Grexit from the eurozone... back is fraught with controversial interpretations of what really happened, who was responsible... back takes the view that the first six months of 2015 took Greece one step too close to the economic
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Candidates vie for votes as New Democracy leadership race enters final stretch
PoliticsGreek Politics, or 46,065 votes. However, even if all the Georgiadis supporters were to back Mitsotakis, this would make...-awaited public statement on Tuesday, Tzitzikostas refused to publicly back either candidate. Instead... to Tzitzikostas have openly said they will back Meimarakis in the second round, while the governor was seen
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Honey, I shrunk the Greeks vol. 2
Agora, in essence reversing a highly political decision of the Fund back in 2010, a decision that saved... to be part of the program. Given the nature and the volume of the problems that Greece faced back... is causing social tension, political instability, brings back country risk, halts investment, impacts
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